Izuchukwu OkosiNigeria’s men’s basketball national team, D’Tigers will on Saturday evening seek to bounce back from their opening day defeat to Guinea in the 2023 FIBA AfroCan Qualifiers for Zone 3 taking place at Palais des Sports de Treichville in Abidjan.
The Nigerian men lost 65-62 to Guinea on Friday and faces an uphill task to qualify for the tournament proper.
Benin Republic are the opponents for D’Tigers before they round off their qualifying campaign on Monday, 3 July.
Nigeria’s opponents in today’s game, Benin Republic were defeated 74-58 by Cote d’Ivorie.
Lionel Kouadio was the star of the show for Cote d’Ivoire as he delivered 22 points.
Prime Business Africa will report the outcome of the game this evening from the venue.
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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