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Super Eagles Pre Nations Cup Camp Opens December 29 In Abuja

Nigeria’s pre 2021 Africa Cup of Nations camp will open in the country’s capital, Abuja from next week Wednesday, December 29, Prime Business Africa scooped.

The camp will open with a total of 20 players out of the named 28 man squad reporting to the Eagles’ nest with the other eight based in England or Scotland expected to hit camp between January 3rd and 4th, 2022.

Most of the English clubs as well as Scottish sides parading key African players are reluctant to release them from travelling to Africa for the tournament.

The clubs cited the rise of the Omicron variant of the Coronavirus disease as reason for their reservations.

There were futile moves made by the European clubs who tried to influence world governing body, FIFA, to have the 33rd edition of the fiesta cancelled.

However the Confederation of African Football president Patrice Motsepe few days ago confirmed that the tournament will go on as planned.

Izuchukwu Okosi

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.