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Giwa Fc head coach, Tony Bulus and striker Ibrahim Shuaibu, have emerged winners of the League Bloggers Awards (LBA) Manager and Player respectively for the month of April. It is the first time that both men will be named winners of the prestigious award, which honours the best players and managers in the Glo Premier League. Bulus claimed the manager's award by fending off close challenges from Kennedy Boboye (stand-in Sunshine Stars head coach for Englishman Paul Ashworth), Abdu Maikaba (Wikki Tourists) and Kadiri Ikhana (Enyimba). The Giwa FC manager edged the rest of the pack by finishing the month of April unbeaten after guiding his team to two wins, including an away win at Enugu Rangers. Boboye, Maikaba and Ikhana could only help their teams to two wins apiece. In the player's category, it was quite a battle among Shuaibu, Enyimba striker Mfon Udoh, Bayelsa United goalkeeper Bassey Akpan, Ubong Ekpai of Kano Pillars and Wikki's Godwin Obaje. However, the battle...

Pix by Shengolpixs Heartland's Ebere Odiche and Tony Ogharanduku of FC Taraba have emerged the League Bloggers Awards [LBA] Player and Manager for the month of March. The outstanding performances of the two men in the month under review in the Glo Premier League put them ahead of other nominees in the two categories. Odiche racked up his biggest shift in the top flight in his career by scoring twice, both from free kicks, to play a pivotal role in Heartland's superb start to the season. The former Warri Wolves man apart from his free kick goals against Shooting Stars Sports Club [3SC] and Nasarawa United proved to be a central figure in the attacking play of Heartland in March which saw them score seven goals in just two matches after their opening game with champions Kano Pillars was called off. The Heartland player has beaten the quartet of Sikiru Adewale [Warri Wolves], Segun Alebiosu [Kwara United], Evans Iyoro [Kwara United] and Enyimba's Idris Aloma. Ogharanduk...

The League Bloggers Awards (LBA) has shortlisted nine actors in the Glo Premier League as nominees for the March Player and Manager awards. There are five shortlisted in the player's category and four in the manager's award. In the running for the LBA Player for March are Ebere Odiche [Heartland], Evans Iyoro [Kwara United], Idris Aloma [Enyimba], Sikiru Adewale [Warri Wolves] and Segun Alebiosu [Kwara United] while the quartet of Erasmus Onuh [Heartland], Tunde Abdulrahman [Kwara United],Tony Ogharanduku [FC Taraba] and Mitko Dobrev [Gabros FC] have been picked for the manager's category. The shortlisted actors in the Glo Premier League for March have put in decent shift for their clubs after three match days this season. Odiche has been solid for Heartland so far scoring twice from free kicks against 3SC and Nasarawa United. He helped mastermind the demolition of Nasarawa United 5-2 on match day three. Kwara United winger, Iyoro, has shown he has a sweet left fo...