Izuchukwu OkosiThe home-based Super Eagles departed the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Abuja Friday afternoon for Cape Coast ahead of Sunday’s 2023 African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifier against the Black Galaxies of Ghana.
The match will take place at the Cape Coast Stadium.
Head coach of the team, Salisu Yusuf, according to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) released a list of 22 players that made the trip Friday morning with 12 players decamped.
Prime Business Africa scooped that the technical crew made a stopover in Lome, Togo where they will connect a flight to Accra.
The team had been involved in a series of friendly matches in Abuja ahead of the game.
CAF has picked Beninoise officials to take charge of the encounter, with Issa Mouhamed as the referee.
Eric Ulrich Ayimavo will be assistant referee 1, with Koudogbo Kougbemede as assistant referee 2 and Tanisla Ahomlanto as the fourth official.
The game will kick off at 4pm Ghana time (5pm Nigeria time).
The reverse fixture will take place at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja on September 3.
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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