Izuchukwu OkosiNigeria’s bleak chances of qualifiying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in USA, Canada and Mexico following the uninspiring draws against supposedly weaker Group C opponents Lesotho and Zimbabwe has received a huge boost on Tuesday, reports Prime Business Africa.
This comes after other group rivals faced off and South Africa were beaten 2-0 by Rwanda Tuesday evening while Benin Republic held Lesotho to a goalless draw.
The team coached by Jose Peseiro had played out 1-1 draws against the Lesotho and Zimbabwe sides with most Nigerians already giving up on the team’s chances.
Innocent Nshuti and Gilbert Mugisha were the scorers for Rwanda within 12 minutes of the other.
Peseiro blamed the Nigerians’ second 1-1 draw with the Brave Warriors on jet lag.
Meanwhile reports has emerged that the supposed contract agreement with Egyptian top side Zamalek was a false alarm as he has not signed any deal with another team under current contract.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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