Izuchukwu OkosiFormer Super Eagles players will make special appearances on Friday October 14 in a novelty game to herald the 14th edition of the Arise Women reports Prime Business Africa.
The novelty match which will be played at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Onikan, Lagos by 10:00 am will feature Austin Okocha, Taribo West, Daniel Amokachi, Peter Rufai, Samson Siasia, Augustine Eguavoen, Mutiu Adepoju, Uche Okechukwu, Victor Ikpeba, Tijani Babangida, Yakubu Ayegbeni among others.
This was disclosed at a press conference by the founder of Arise Women Conference, a faith-based non-governmental organisation (NGO), Dr. Siju Iluyomade.
Iluyomade stated that the match which comes up a day before Arise Walk, slated October 15 and is designed to promote the main event lined up. These include empowerment, skills acquisition programme for the less privileged and the Arise Women Conference.
Iluyomade said the initiative is to sensitize prominent Nigerians who are into the sport to support Arise in navigating several humanitarian projects proposed in assisting the less privileged in the country.
She further disclosed that the walk with the theme: ‘Appointed To Live’, which is a prelude to the 14th Arise Women Conference, will hold in 50 clusters across different parts of the world simultaneously. They are the United Kingdom, United States, Canada and Australia, as well as several other European countries.
In her words: ”The Arise Walk as usual will witness prominent sports personalities, celebrities, and entertainers among the lots, with everyone joining to keep fit and as well drive home the theme of this year’s edition of Arise season, which is ‘Appointed To Live’.
“This yearly health-awareness initiative, Arise Walk for Life will follow up on Saturday, October 15, 2022 globally and it will commence at 7:00 am in over 50 clusters across different African countries, the United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada and Australia and several European countries.
Each cluster will be having a minimum of 25 persons amongst whom are influencers and celebrities.”
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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