Izuchukwu Okosi
Big Brother Naija Pepper Dem housemate and runner up in the Season 4 of the show Mike Edwards is expected to finish in the medal podium later Sunday afternoon (June 12) in the High Jump event of the 22nd African Athletics Championship in Port Louis, Mauritius reports Prime Business Africa.
Today’s event will be the second attempt the former reality television star is making after finishing fourth at the 21st edition of the Championship four years in Asaba, Delta state.
While Edwards will be seeking a personal first continental title of his career, a win for him will also be Nigeria’s first gold medal in the event in the history of the championship.
He will look up to hammer thrower, Olatoye Oyesade who made history on Saturday as the first Nigerian woman to win the hammer throw title in the history of the championship.
Edwards was born in Lagos, Nigeria on July 11, 1991, to a Jamaican father and a Nigerian mother. He’s a professional athlete who has represented Great Britain in the past and currently represents Nigeria. As an entrepreneur, Mike owns the first black-owned cigar company in the United Kingdom called “Aireyys”.
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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