Lagos Stages CAF Awards Again

Confederation of Af
rican Football (CAF) has announced that Lagos will host the 2014 GLO-CAF Awards on Thursday, January 8, 2015.
Lagos hosted the last edition early this year, where Yaya Toure of Cote d’Ivoire beat Nigeria’s Mikel Obi to emerge as African Footballer of the Year 2013.
This is the third time Lagos will be hosting the event after 2008 and 2013. Previous host cities include Abuja (2005), Accra (2006, 2009, 2011, 2012), Lome (2007) and Cairo (2010).
The awards ceremony is to honour players, coaches and administrators who have distinguished themselves during the year (2014).
Legends of the game including the prestigious African Player of the Year and winners in 15 other categories will be unveiled during the gala night.
Other categories are African Player of The Year (Based in Africa), National Team of The Year, Club of The Year, Referee of the Year and Coach of The Year.
The rest are Most Promising Talent, Women’s National Team of The Year, Women’s Player of The Year, African Legend, CAF Fair Play Award, Youth Player of the Year and Platinum Award.
Africa’s finest XI will also be revealed on the night that will be attended by the crème de la crème of the continent’s football icons.
There are also two new categories, Goal of the Year and Save of the Year, to be decided by votes from the public.

An Enyimba FC defender (left) warding off a challenge from an opponent in a league match.