Atalanta of Italy striker, Ademola Lookman, is aiming to dethrone his Super Eagles team mate, Victor Osimhen, as King of the Pitch in the 2025 Nigeria Pitch Awards scheduled to hold later this year. Also in contention for the top awards are Super Eagles captain, William Troost-Ekong and Nigerian National League chairman, George Aluo, who is among the candidates in the Sportsmanship category.

At the official unveiling of the nominees for this year’s awards in Lagos on Thursday, president of the Nigeria Pitch Awards, Shina Philips, reaffirmed his organisation’s desire “to create an award platform that has a unique character of its own; a character moulded by our core values of transparency, credibility and integrity. To achieve this, we have followed a carefully laid out award process which brings together a College of Voters comprising some of Nigeria’s most knowledgeable, experienced and professional sport journalists and an independent collation body. As organizers, we are very proud of and deeply appreciative of our College of Voters whose decisions year after year have shown them to be true and selfless patriots.”

In the King of the Pitch category, Lookman and Osimhen will face stiff competition from Al-Kholood FC defender, William Troost-Ekong, while the Queen of the Pitch competition pits Super Falcons’ captain, Rasheedat Ajibade (Atlético de Madrid Femenino), Asisat Oshoala (Bay FC), and Chiamaka Nnadozie (Paris FC), three players who have continued to shine on the international stage.
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