PSG, Real Madrid and Liverpool players to join Victor Osimhen in Nigeria for the CAF Awards

Some of football’s biggest global stars are set to travel to Nigeria for the CAF Awards scheduled for October, Afrik‑Foot reports.

Each year the Confederation of African Football recognises the continent’s top performers, evaluating their contributions for club and country over the previous season.

This year the tradition will continue, with the ceremony rotating to a different African nation as usual.

CAF President Patrice Motsepe womens player of the year to Asisat Oshoala of Nigeria. Photo by Icon sport

The last occasion Nigeria hosted the ceremony was in January 2017, when Asisat Oshoala claimed the women’s award and Algeria’s Riyad Mahrez secured the men’s prize.

Since then the event has moved to Egypt, Ghana and Morocco, and it is now slated to return to the continent’s most populous Black nation—Nigeria.

President Tinubu Ready To Host CAF Awards and Africa

On Tuesday, CAF President Patrice Motsepe met Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Africa Forward Summit. The principal outcome of their discussion was the decision to stage the upcoming CAF Awards in Nigeria.

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