Izuchukwu Okosi
Afrobasket Queen Set To Organise Basketball Camps For Young Girls
Nigeria’s D’Tigress 2021 Afrobasket winning star Adaora Elonu was on Friday hosted by Enugu state governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi at the Government House with pomp.
Elonu, the Most Valuable Player at the 2021 Afrobasket in Cameroon was also in Nigeria’s 2020 Olympic Games squad to Beijing which was pushed back due Coronavirus pandemic.
The USA trained basketballer is a proud Indigene of Enugu state from Okpatu in Udi Local Government area and is home for the yuletide as well other engagements.
The Uni Girona CB of Spain forward spoke on her plan to organise a basketball camp on Monday, December 27, 2021 at the Indoor Sports Hall, Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium Enugu, where she will teach girls the basics of basketball and encourage them to develop interest in the sports as a means of earning resources and attention.
“It is is a good starting point here in Enugu. It is a great honour coming back home, and I really want to thank the governor. We appreciate him, “Elonu enthused as she spoke to the media.
The member representing Enugu East/Isi-Uzo Federal Constituency, Honourable Cornelius Nnaji, the Deputy Speaker of the Enugu State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Uche Ugwu, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Information, Steve Oruruo and the Enugu State Basketball Coach, Chiedozie Nwoye joined Governor Ugwuanyi to receive the international star.
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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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