Sportsville Unveils Nominees March 10th

The nominees for the 6th edition of Sportsville Special Recognition Awards will be unveiled on Tuesday, March 10th, 2026 in Lagos.

The Chairman of the Organizing Committee, Harry Iwuala, disclosed this last night in a press release.

“Yes, the much anticipated nominees for this year’s Award will be unveiled on the 10th of March. As usual with the Sportsville Award, we have painstakingly looked at the nominations and came up with a list that truly deserves to be honored and celebrated!

“Nigeria as a nation is richly blessed with personalities and corporate organizations that have supported the country’s sports development over the years and that makes the job of selecting few a herculean task, but thanks to the versatile committee members who sieved through the list and came up with the names we will be unveiling to the public next Tuesday,” the NPFL and Niger Delta Games Media Director added with satisfaction.

Members of the Award and Organizing Committee are Toyin Ibitoye, Salihu Ibrahim PhD, Joe Apu and Samuel Ahmedu.

Others are Joy Obayemi, Ayoola Adeleke and Mathew Okugbe who serves as the Secretary.
Frank Ilaboya, the Chief Executive Officer of Sportsville, the organizers of the annual award ceremony, picks up the story from here.

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“Honestly I can’t wait for March 10th to come to unveil this year’s awardees. The Committee headed by versatile Harry Iwuala has done a beautiful job worthy of commendation, and I say big kudos to them!
“The concept of Sportsville Award is novel in the history of Nigeria sports because this is the one award designed to reward and motivate at the same time.

“So, we look back to unearth those who have contributed to the nation’s sports development over the years, some loud and others in their quiet corners.

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“We also look out for those we can use the award to motivate to do more in their respective fields of endeavor!
“The innovative category was specifically designed to encourage great innovation in the sports industry because innovation is one of the drivers of sport’s ecosystem, the one time Chairman of Edo Football Association added.
This year’s awardees ceremony comes up on March 28th at the Prestigious Lagos Country Club, Ikeja Lagos