NSJID: Nigeria Football Chief Samuel Ahmadu gets another award nomination

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde

After getting nominated for the latest edition of the Pitch Award in the online category, NigeriaFootball.ng Chief, Samuel Ahmadu added another cap to his nomination accolades.

He has been nominated for online category for the Nigeria Sports Journalists In Diaspora Grassroots (NSJID) Awards.

The award ceremony will take place on Friday, March 7, 2025, in Lagos.

The chairman of the organizing committee, Gboyega Okegbenro, says this prestigious award will honor the ‘crème de la crème’ of grassroots sports reporting, with a whopping N2m up for grabs across four fiercely contested categories: Print Journalism, TV Broadcasting, Radio Broadcasting, and Online/Social Media.

Abiodun Adewale, Olawale Olaniran, and Jacob Ajom are the nominees for the coveted prize in Print Journalism, while in the Social/Online media category, Samuel Ahmadu, Naifooty, and Hassan Abdulsalam of Pulse Sports Nigeria will vie for the top spot.

Samuel Ahmadu

Dayo Amusan of Faaji FM, Maxwell Lawrence, and Brila FM’s Tony Bekederemo are vying for honors in the Radio Broadcasting category just as Blessing Nwosu, Cecilia Omoregbe, and Boluwaji Ogunmola will vie for the Television category.

The winner in each of the four categories will take home N500,000.

Top dignitaries in sports are expected to grace the occasion which promises to be highly interesting and exciting.