Sports Ministry Approves Peseiro For Super Eagles Job

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The Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has approved the appointment of Jose Peseiro as the new head coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria.

The Super Eagles have been without a substantive head coach since December 2021 following the sacking of Gernot Rohr.

Rohr was fired by the NFF in December 2021, just weeks before the start of the AFCON in Cameroon and Peseiro was expected to take over from interim head coach Austin Eguavoen after the AFCON.

The sports ministry has now approved Peseiro’s appointment after NFF president Amaju Pinnick met with the sports minister, Sunday Dare on Monday.

World Cup winning coach, Laurent Blanc, former Barcelona manager Ernesto Valverde (whom Prime Business Africa in a Featured article recommended prior to the formal announcement) and onetime Netherlands defender Philip Cocu were also linked with the post.

Details of Peseiro’s contract including paperworks are almost done and official announcement would be made soon.

The Portuguese was first announced by the NFF to take over the Super Eagles after the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations  in Cameroon..

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.

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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