Izuchukwu OkosiThe fixtures for the Super 8 pre season tournament at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Onikan Lagos has been released by the Nigeria Premier League.
The competition will act as preparations for the six sides that took part in the zonal playoffs at the Eket Township stadium in Akwa Ibom two weeks ago and the two teams with wildcards invited to take part in the tournament .
The fixtures made available to Prime Business Africa shows that the competition which begins in Lagos on Friday, 7 July and runs until 16 July will be played with two days of interval in Groups A and B.
The pre season tournament has been endorsed by some leading Nigerian brands and will be broadcast live on pay television.
The highlight of the tournament will be fixture between Premier League champions, Enyimba FC and Remo Stars on July 9 at 2pm Nigerian time.
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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