Izuchukwu Okosi
By Izuchukwu Okosi
Nigeria international Wilfred Ndidi has handed his English Premier League side Leicester City a timely boost ahead of Wednesday’s Carabao Cup tie against Brighton & Hove Albion with his return to first team training.
Ndidi was expected to be out of action until mid November but has apparently beaten his injury woes to potentially get a chance to play for the Foxes this week.
Leicestershire Live however in a report stated that the Super Eagles defensive midfielder may not be risked against Brighton after all as manager Brendan Rodgers is wary of rushing the Nigerian back to club duties.
Also on the mend is defender James Justin, who has been out of action since February, when he suffered a serious cruciate Ligament injury.
The youngster featured in every minute of his side’s first 23 Premier League games of the campaign up to that point
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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