•Chairman of the Nigerian Sports Award Panel, Ikeddy Isiguzo (M) addressing the media in Lagos Thursday.

Nominations for the 2015 edition of the prestigious Nigerian Sports Award are now open, kick starting the 4th edition of the award. Chairman of the award panel, Ikeddy Isiguzo told a media briefing in Lagos that the 2015 edition of the award promises to be more eventful than the previous editions.

He noted that the panel was set to introduce some new activities which include the Nigerian Sports Dialogue and Legacy Project for the winners of the Lifetime Award to further promote sports development in the country.

The Nigerian Sports Dialogue which is scheduled to hold in August 2015 was set up as an avenue for stakeholders to deliberate on issues bothering on sports development in Nigeria.

This year’s award will cover 19 categories and has been slated for November 13 in Lagos at a yet to be disclosed venue. The categories are – Ball Sports Person of the Year among others.