NOMINEES ANNOUNCED FOR LEAGUE BLOGGERS AWARD!

The League Bloggers Awards (LBA) has announced the nominees for this year's edition of its end-of-the-season awards for the Glo Premier League, otherwise known as the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL).

It will be a November to remember as outstanding actors in the NPFL vie for individual and club honours in 16 categories while Victor Namo will be crowned the leading scorer of the 2012/13 season.

This year the LBA has added seven new categories such as the Best Use of Social Media for clubs, Best Club Website, Fair Play Award, Best New Goalkeeper, Best Draft from Feeder Team, Best Feeder Team (Youth Development) and Goal of the Season.

Winners of each category will be announced at the awards night in Lagos this November.

In the 2012 edition of the LBA, former Kano Pillars midfielder, Gabriel Reuben emerged as the Player of the Season.

For this year, the nominees for the Player of the Season are Rabiu Ali (Kano Pillars), Oghenekaro Etebo (Warri Wolves) and Chinedu Udoji (Enyimba).

Interestingly, two of last year's nominees in the Best Goalkeeper category were again nominated this year. They are Enyimba's Femi Thomas and his Kano Pillars counterpart, Theophilus Afelokhai, who won it in the last edition.

The date and venue of this year's edition will announced by the LBA this week.


2013 NOMINEES

1. Best Use of Social Media (Twitter)
Dolphins: @DolphinsFC
Enugu Rangers: @EnuguRangersFC
Lobi Stars: @LobiStars


2. Best Club Website
absfc.com
shootingstarsc.net
enyimba.net
 

3. Best Designed Club Jersey:
3SC – OWU
Enyimba – Joma
Lobi Stars - OWU
                

4. Fair Play Award:
El-Kanemi Warriors
Gombe United
Bayelsa United


5. Best New Goalkeeper
George Michael (El-Kanemi) FC Taraba
Olufemi Kayode (Akwa United) Akwa Starlets
Japhet Opubo (Nembe City) Nembe City
 

6. Best Draft from Feeder Team:
Victor Obinna Jnr – Lobi Stars Feeders
Suleiman Mohammed – Lobi Stars Feeders
Stephen Eze – Lobi Stars Feeders


7. Best Feeder Team (Youth Development)
Enyimba Feeders (Nationwide Division One)
Kwara United Feeders (Nationwide Division Two)
Lobi Stars Feeders (Nationwide Division One)


8. Rookie of the Year
Oghenekaro Etebo - Warri Wolves
Kingsley Sokari – Enyimba
Ajibola Otegbeye - ABS
 

9. Best Foreigner
Hassan Hissein (Chad) – El-Kanemi
Salomon Junior (Rep. of Benin) – Bayelsa United
Rafael Junior Boumsong (Cameroon) - El-Kanemi
 

10. Best Goalkeeper
Femi Thomas (Enyimba)
Okeimute Odah (Warri Wolves)
Theophilus Afelokhai (Kano Pillars)
 

11. Club of the Year
Enyimba
Kano Pillars
Sharks
 

12. Manager of the Year: Glo Premier League
Gbenga Ogunbote (Sharks)
Baba Ganaru (Kano Pillars)
Zachary Baraje (El-Kanemi Warriors)


13. Manager of the Year: Africa
Okey Emordi (Enugu Rangers)
Baba Ganaru (Kano Pillars)
Dominic Iorfa (Lobi Stars)
 

14.  Goal of the Season
Brown Braye (Heartland v NEMBE CITY)
Bola Lekan (Heartland v ENUGU RANGERS)
Fortune Omoniwari (3SC vs SHARKS)


15. Highest Goal Scorer: Victor Namo (Nasarawa United) - 19 Goals


16. Best Glo Premier League Player in National Team (Super Eagles)
Sunday Mba (Enugu Rangers)
Azubuike Egwuekwe (Warri Wolves)
Chigozie Agbim (Enugu Rangers)
 

17. Player of the Season
Rabiu Ali (Kano Pillars)
Oghenekaro Etebo (Warri Wolves)
Chinedu Udoji (Enyimba)