Izuchukwu OkosiThe Flying Eagles of Nigeria will face Côte d’Ivoire in the semi- finals of the 2022 U-20 WAFU Zone B tournament in Niger Republic on Tuesday evening reports Prime Business Africa.
The semi-final pairing was confirmed after the Flying Eagles were confirmed as Group B winners with four points from two games.
Nigeria defeated defending champions Ghana in their opening game before playing out a 2-2 draw with Burkina Faso on Wednesday.
Burkina Faso eliminated Ghana 2-1 in the final Group B game on Saturday evening to knock the Black Satellites out of the competition.
Meanwhile, the semi-finals fixture between Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire will go down on Tuesday, 17 May.
The other semi-final tie will see Benin Republic take on Burkina Faso.
The two finalists from the tournament will qualify for the 2023 U-20 Nations Cup in Egypt, which will run from 18 February to 12 March.
The top four teams from the U-20 AFCON in Egypt will qualify for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Indonesia.
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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