Izuchukwu OkosiNigeria’s Super Falcons on Thursday evening defeated Botswana 2-0 to enhance their reputation and chances of reaching the quarterfinals of the 2022 CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco reports Prime Business Africa.
Strikers Ifeoma Onumonu and Christy Ucheibe scored for the nine-time African champions either halves.
The Falcons had to gun for a win following their opening Group C defeat to South Africa.
Onumonu latched onto a fantastic pass from Halimat Ayinde in the 21st minute while super substitute Christy Ucheibe scored with her first touch of the ball via a header from a corner kick after she came off the bench.
Botswana resisted the forays of the Falcons subsequently, displaying defensive astuteness to see the goals conceded remain at just twice.
The Falcons will face Burundi while South Africa play Botswana on Sunday evening.
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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