Izuchukwu Okosi
Leicester City forward Ademola Lookman is elated to have finally been granted his wishes of representing Nigeria after FIFA approved of his change of allegiance.
Born to Nigerian parents from the South western part of the country, Lookman was however raised in the UK and thus eligible to play for England at the senior level.
Having represented the Young Three Lions at the youth levels culminating in his being part of the 2017 winning England’s U-20 World Cup side, Lookman who visited the country last summer has now become full fledged Nigerian and could play against Ghana in the 2022 FIFA World Cup playoffs next month.
Lookman wrote on his Twitter handle, “Delighted to announce that FIFA has approved my Nationality switch. Thank you for the warm welcome and I can’t wait to put on the Super Eagles shirt and represent the country @NGSuperEagles 🇳🇬🦅.”
The former Everton player, who is on loan at Leicester City from Bundesliga club RB Leipzig applied to switch his allegiance to Nigeria in October 2021 but was unable to play for the Super Eagles at the 2021 AFCON because he was yet to get clearance from FIFA.
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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