CAF awards
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The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on Wednesday, celebrated the new African Player of the Year, Ademola Lookman, not just for his attainment but also for his patriotism
17 Dec
Super Eagles skipper, Troost Ekong has congratulated Ademola Lookman for winning the 2023/24 African Footballer of the Year awards
17 Dec
As expected, Super Eagles star, Ademola Lookman, who almost single-handedly won the 2023/24 Europa League for Italian side, Atalanta, was yesterday in Marrakech, Morocco, crowned African Footballer of the year.
16 Dec
Super Eagles attacker Ademola Lookman has won the CAF Men’s Player of the Year Award for 2024. "When the stars align, they spell Ademola Lookman. Ladies and gentlemen, your Men’s Player of the Year," CAF wrote on its official X account on Monday night. Lookman has won the award, replacing fellow Nigerian compatriot, Victor Osimhen…
16 Dec
Super Falcons and Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper, Chiamaka Nadozie, has retained her Best Women Goalkeeper award after winning the prestigious crown for the second time in a row. Chiamaka was a delight to watch between the sticks for both club and country in the 2023/24 soccer season. Receiving the award on Tuesday night in Marrakech, Morocco,…
16 Dec
Super Falcons of Nigeria, on Monday night, won the Africa Women National Team of the Year award at the ongoing Confederation of African
12 Dec
Super Eagles star, Ademola Lookman, and Super Falcons goalkeeper, Chiamaka Nnadozie, will find out if they are among the final three nominees for their various categories of the African Footballer of the Year awards today.
25 Oct
The Confederation of African Football (CAF), yesterday, announced that the Moroccan city of Marrakech will host the CAF Awards for the second successive year. This will be the third time in a row that Morocco is hosting the ceremony
24 Oct
Super Eagles duo of William Troost-Ekong and Ademola Lookman are in the race to emerge as the African Player of the Year award after being nominated by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). CAF on Thursday evening released the list of nominees for various categories of the 2024 awards on its official website. Lookman, who…
29 Dec 2023
The excitement that greeted the awards of best African footballers to Nigeria on four fronts was appropriately directed. For one reason, it has been 24 years since Kanu Nwankwo got the best footballer award, despite an impressive array of Nigerian soccer...
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The Founder of Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola, has won the 2024 edition of the Best Nigerian Patriot Award.
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The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has expressed sadness over the tragic loss of lives and injuries during the food distribution stampede at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Maitama , Abuja on Saturday morning. While commiserating with the Catholic church and families of those who lost their loved ones, CAN urged Nigerians to work towards…
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Lagos State government has warned organisers of charity activities and events in Lagos should not turn tragic saying if, such organisers
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The Federal Government of Nigeria, on Sunday, officially lifted the ban on mining exploration in Zamfara State, five years after a region
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Sir: At this time when there is a high rate of unemployment, the Federal Government would easily be blamed for not equipping or encouraging craft work or hand work among the youths right from primary school.
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Pope Francis doubled down Sunday on his condemnation of Israel's strikes on the Gaza Strip, denouncing their "cruelty" for the second time in as many days despite Israel accusing him of "double standards". "And with pain I think of Gaza, of so much cruelty, of the children being machine-gunned, of the bombings of schools and…
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Lagos, Nigeria Nigerian police on Sunday raised the total death toll from two stampedes at food distribution centres to 32, as the country grappled with a spate of deadly crowd crushes at charity events. Twenty-two people were killed on Saturday as people queued outside a centre distributing rice in the southern town of Okija, police…
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government on Sunday pledged to investigate whether security services could have prevented the Christmas market car-ramming attack that killed five people and injured over 200. Interior Minister Nancy Faeser and the heads of the domestic and foreign intelligence services will face questioning by two parliamentary committees on December 30, after opposition…
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Putin vows 'destruction' on Ukraine after Kazan drone attack Moscow, Russia Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday vowed to bring more "destruction" to Ukraine in retaliation for a drone attack on the central Russian city of Kazan a day earlier. Russia accused Ukraine of a "massive" drone attack that hit a luxury apartment block in…