Izuchukwu Okosi
Super Eagles interim coach Austin Eguavoen has rang eight changes in the starting lineup to face Guinea-Bissau at the Roumde Adjia stadium, Garoua.
The game is the last Group D game for Nigeria who have already boed their place in the round of 16 stages of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.
Making their first starts on the tournament include Francis Uzoho in goal, Tyrone Ebuehi and Jamilu Collins at the full back positions and Semi Ajati in central defence to pair William Troost Ekong.
Alex Iwobi, Kelechi Nwakali, Chidera Ejuke and Sadiq Umar also start albeit some of them have played from the substitutes’ bench against Egypt and Sudan.
The match starts shortly at 8pm Nigerian time.
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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