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CEO of Nilayo Sports Management Limited, Mrs. Yetunde Olopade, Wins Prestigious Newstap/SWAN 5-Star Award

The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Nilayo Sports Management Limited, Mrs. Yetunde Olopade, has been honoured with the prestigious Newstap/SWAN 5-Star Award, in recognition of her outstanding contributions to sports marketing and sports event management in Nigeria. Notably, Mrs. Olopade is the only female recipient among this year’s awardees, further underscoring her trailblazing […]

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Bayelsa State Government and Nilayo Sports Management Limited Announce the Inaugural Yenagoa City International 10KM Race

The Bayelsa State Government is proud to officially announce the debut of the Yenagoa City International 10KM Race, a landmark sporting event set to position the Bayelsa State as a premier destination for global sports tourism. Scheduled for Saturday, April 4, 2026, this inaugural race is owned by the Bayelsa State Government and will be […]

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Nilayo Sports Management MD, Chief Yetunde Olopade Named Among 2025 Top 50 Most Influential African Women in Sports

Nilayo Sports Management Limited (NSML) is proud to announce that our Managing Director, Chief Yetunde Olopade, has been recognized as one of the 2025 Top 50 Most Influential African Women in Sports at an award ceremony held in Kenya. The prestigious award celebrates women across the continent who are shaping the future of sports through […]

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Chief Yetunde Olopade, MD/CEO, Nilayo Sports Management Limited Congratulates Lagos State on the Historic E1 Lagos Grand Prix

Nilayo Sports Management Limited, Africa’s leading sports management company, congratulates the Lagos State Government and His Excellency, Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, on the successful hosting of the E1 Lagos Grand Prix the first-ever E1 electric powerboat race in Africa. This remarkable achievement further cements Lagos’ position as a global sports tourism destination and a beacon […]

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Enugu, Nilayo seal deal on marathon, sports festival

Governor Peter Ndubuisi Mbahi-led Enugu State government has handed the two biggest sports fiestas in the state in the next two years to the management of the Nigeria’s foremost sports management company, Nilayo Sports Management Limited. Governor Mbah, a few days ago, handed over the Consultancy of the two events, the 2025 Enugu City International Marathon […]

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Lotus Bank Abeokuta 10km Race: Nilayo Sports, Febbs Premium Water Sign Partnership Deal

Organiser of Lotus Bank Abeokuta 10km Race, Nilayo Sports Management Limited (NISML) and Febbs Water has signed a partnership deal that sees the premium drinking water becoming official dehydration water of the marathon race which is scheduled to hold in the ancient city of Abeokuta, Ogun State, southwest Nigeria in September this year. The Chief […]

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Ogun set to host NSF 2024; Olopade, Adebajo, others to lead 16-man committee

Ogun State government, on Tuesday, announced its readiness to hold the 2024 National Sports Festival (NSF) in fulfilment of an earlier promise made by the Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, as it unveiled leading professionals in Nigeria’s sports sector as Local 9rganizing Committee (LOC)  members. It would be recalled that the state government, earlier in May, […]

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Nilayo Partners FMY&SD to Deliver Cross Country Race in Jos

Nilayo Sports Management Limited is partnering the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development (FMY&SD) to deliver the first Cross Country event in Nigeria in over five decades. The 10km race is scheduled to hold February 18 at the Rhino Golf Course in Jos, the capital of  Plateau State. Nilayo Sports Management Limited is the […]

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Nilayo to sign multiple multi-billion naira deals for Abuja City International Marathon

The management of Nigeria’s premium Marathon races organisers, Nilayo Sports Management, led by its Managing Director, Chief Bukola Olopade, will on Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 2pm sign a multiple multi-billion naira contract deals that would see the birth of the Abuja City International Marathon. In the words of the Nigeria’s Marathon Generaliso,the Abuja City […]

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ARRANGEMENTS IN TOP GEAR FOR GOLD-LABEL ACCESS BANK LAGOS CITY MARATHON

The organisers of the Gold-Label Access Bank Lagos City Marathon, Nilayo Sports Management Limited, has declared the organisation’s readiness for all peculiarities of the host City, Lagos, as they conclude preparations for the February 4 Gold- Label Race, the first of its kind in Nigeria. The Managing Director of Nilayo Sports Management Limited and initiator […]

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