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NFF President Reveals Players’ Agents Pressure On Eguavoen Ahead AFCON 

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There has been enormous pressure on Super Eagles interim coach Austin. Eguavoen from players’ agents whose clients are hoping to be part of the team since his appointment, according to the Nigeria Football Federation President, Amaju Pinnick.
Eguavoen will be in charge of the team to Cameroon for the 33rd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations before New foreign coach Jose Peseiro takes over.
Pinnick made this disclosure in an interview with a Lagos based television station.
“Ask Eguavoen, the last three weeks he was announced as Super Eagles interim coach, the kind of pressure and distractions he is getting from Nigerians, especially with the so called agents.
In an apparent bid to win over the confidence of Nigerians over the appointment of Peseiro, Pinnick insists such pressure will not be mounted on a foreign coach.
“You can’t try that with a foreign coach,” he said.
“As Nigerian, as him. The kind of pressure. ‘Oh, Eguavoen, this is an opportunity oo…’ you know Nigerians
“Eguavoen is somebody that is level headed. In that area, you can call him egg head.”
“Eguavoen is somebody that is level headed. In that area, you can call him egg head,” Pinnick eulogised.
The Super Eagles will today (Wednesday, 5 January 2022) travel to Garoua, Cameroon for the Africa Cup of Nations which kicks off on Sunday. However Nigeria’s First game in the tournament is against Egypt on Tuesday.
Thegame against Egypt kicks off 4pm Nigeria on January 11.
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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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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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