Full List Of Winners At The GLO CAF Awards 2015, Plus Africa’s Finest XI

Full List Of Winners At The GLO CAF Awards 2015, Plus Africa’s Finest XI

*Referee Of The Year:
Bakary Papa GASSAMA – Gambia.

*Coach Of The Year:
Herve Renard

* African Legends Awards Winners:
Charles Kumi Gyami – Ghana
Samuel Mbappe Leppe – Cameroon

*The Leader Of The Year Award:
Abdiqani Said Arab – Somalia

* National Team of the Year:
The Elephants of Cote d’ Ivorie.

* National Team Of The Year (Women):
The Cameroon National Women’s Team

Etebo is most promising talent of the year https://t.co/QljIr1h7kD

— CAF (@CAF_Online) January 7, 2016

*Most Promising Talent Award:
Oghenekaro Etebo – Nigeria

* Youth Player Of The Year:
Victor Osimhen – Nigeria Golden Eaglets

* Women Player Of The Year:
Gaelle Enganamouit – Cameroon (Winner)

* African Player Of The Year Based In Africa:
Mbwana Samatta – Tanzania

Pierre Emerick Aubameyang is crowned African Player of the Year with (143 Points) #GloCAFAwards2015

— CAF (@CAF_Online) January 7, 2016

* Caf Footballer Of The Year.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – Gabon

* Club Of The Year:
TP Mazembe

* Fair Play Award:
Allez Casa – Senegal

* Platinum Award:
Muhammadu Buhari, President of Nigeria

Africa Finest XI:

Goal Keeper:
Robert Muteba KIDIABA (DR Congo)

Defenders:

Serge AURIER (Cote d’Ivoire), Aymen ABDENNOUR (Tunisia), Mohamed MEFTAH (Algeria)

Midfielders: Andre AYEW (Ghana), Yaya TOURE (Cote d’Ivoire), Sadio MANE (Senegal), Yacine BRAHIMI (Algeria)

Forwards: Mbwana Aly SAMATTA (Tanzania), Pierre-Emerrick AUBAMEYANG (Gabon), Baghdad BOUNEDJAH (Algeria)

GLO – CAF AWARDS: AUBAMEYANG, AYEW, TOURE IN TOP THREE

Yaya Touré
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The top three contenders for the 2015 African Player of the Year have been revealed.

They are; Andre Ayew (Ghana/ Swansea City), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon/ Borussia Dortmund) and Yaya Toure (Cote d”Ivoire/ Manchester City).

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The trio was unveiled at a press conference attended by CAF Excutive member Anjorin Moucharafou and Glo representatives on Monday, 14 December 2015 in Abuja, Nigeria.

For the African Player of the Year – Based in Africa, the top three finalists are; Baghdad Boundjah (Algeria/: Etoile du Sahel), Mbwana Aly Samata (Tanzania/ TP Mazembe) and Robert Kidiaba (DR Congo/ TP Mazembe) ‎.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Dortmund and Dante of Munich compete for the ball photo credit ar.fifa.com

The winner to be decided by votes from Head Coaches or Technical Directors of the National Associations affiliated to CAF ‎will be announced at the Glo-CAF Awards Gala on 7 January 2016.

Ex-International Okenla Set To Launch The Biggest Cultural Carnival In Africa

The Federal Government through the Ministry of Culture and Tourism has given former green Eagles winger Folorunsho Okenla the mandate to run the biggest cultural festival in Africa, the Abuja Carnival, now known as the Nigeria National Carnival for the next three years.

The Morroc 88 star who is now an accomplished marketing expert has been told to change the face of the festival and take it back to the summit of cultural events celebrated across the world.

While revealing this in Abuja, Okenla who is renowned for his mesmerizing wing-plays in his playing days says his new mandate is a national assignment that will be given optimum attention and insists that the Nigeria National Carnival should be the biggest carnival in Africa.

“The Nigeria National Carnival is an annual event that showcases the rich cultural values of the most populous country in Africa, reflects the diversity of ethnic expressions in Nigeria and by its name should be the biggest in Africa.

It is a carnival that is supported by the Nigerian Ministry of Culture and Tourism and this year’s event will take place between November 21 and 24.

Folorunsho Okenla

Just like sports, the Carnival seeks to unite Nigerians by bringing together young adults from different cultural divides and providing an atmosphere where cultural values could be appreciated, not only by Nigerians but by the world.

It will be a rich blend of cultural and ethnic events to show the wealthy heritage of the people of Nigeria. It features traditional music and dance, cultural parades, indigenous circus shows among others.

It is also important to note that corporate giants like Glo, Turkish Air, Dangote Group among others have signified interest to be part of the carnival.” The former Birmingham City of England player said.

Okenla who was a roommate to late midfielder, Samuel Okwaraji also shared his thoughts on the Super Eagles 0-0 draw against Tanzania.

“I think Nigerians should give Oliseh a chance, the Super Eagles cannot be transformed in a day or with just one match. He needs the nation’s total support to succeed.

We need to focus on the assignments at hand because it will be unbearable to miss out of AFCON again.”

LMC to Display ‘Protect the Goal’ Banners at Match Venues

Chairman of the League Management Company (LMC) Hon. Nduka Irabor has pledged the support of Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) for the Nigeria Football Federation’s (NFF) partnership of the global AIDS awareness initiative ‘Protect the Goal’ campaign launched by the President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan on Monday.

A December 2013 report on the AIDS pandemic show that 3.1% of the about 119m youths and young adult population aged between 15-49 years are infected by the HIV virus.

Irabor said the LMC will be support the NFF to drive the awareness on the dangers of and preventive measures to curb HIV, at all Glo Premier League matches which attract this critical segment of the vulnerable demographic with signage that will be displayed on perimeter boards at all live broadcast of star matches every week

“We support the NFF’s involvement in this initiative for several reasons starting with the importance of taking this message to our players, their peers and fans who represent a critical demographic group for which this message is even more urgent. LMC is also aligning with the NFF on this campaign because football league venues attract the critical and highly vulnerable groups in the society made up of the biggest clusters of sexually active youth population and others who due to limited education are not being adequately exposed to HIV campaigns that run largely on mediums like television and the new social media etc”, remarked Irabor.

He said in recognition of new age communication trends, the LMC would also carry the campaign message on all its social media platforms, which has become a

premium engagement and contact point with the bulging youth and young adult population.

Irabor said, “to support the campaign and take the message to the millions of football fans that now see the league on television across the country and the others that watch physically at the stadium in the 20 cities that host Glo League games as well as the millions of others who track the league on the web, the LMC will in the days ahead display messages from the campaign on perimeter boards during live broadcast matches of the Glo Premier League and on the league social media platforms including facebook, twitter and on our website”.

A resurgent interest in the League has seen young Nigerians daily following the fortunes of their favorite clubs and players at match venues and on official and independent social media sites devoted to the league. It has led to heightened debates with passion running high among this segment of the population who are largely young men and women under 30 years of age, the catchment age bracket of the campaign.

NPL 2013/14 Pre-season Tournament (Super 4) Matchday Two Results and Day 3 Fixtures

Matchday Two Results:

Enyimba Int’l 2-0 Warri Wolves

Bayelsa Utd 1-2 Kano Pillars

Matchday Three Fixtures (Tuesday January 28)

Bayelsa Utd vs Warri Wolves

Enyimba Int’l vs Kano Pillars

Glo NPFL Super 4: Red cards fly, as Enyimba defeat Wolves

Two players were sent off as Enyimba went clear at the top of the Pre Season Super Four table with six points, after securing a
2-0 win over Warri Wolves in the first game of Match Day Two of the tournament.

Musa Najere of Warri Wolves, and Markson Ojobo of Enyimba both received their marching orders in a rough encounter.

Abdulrahman Bashir, who plundered a hat trick on opening day, broke the deadlock when he stooped to nod in an Mfon Udoh pull out in the 11th minute. Wolves were reduced to 10 men in the 23rd minute when Musa Najare was sent off following a rash challenge. The game then almost degenerated into a slugfest, as Warri Wolves resorted to rough tackles in a bid to limit the damage.

Efe Yarhere, who came on for injured Daddy Bazuaye was lucky not to have been sent off, as he was involved in several
altercations despite receiving a caution moments after coming on.

Enyimba were also reduced to 10 men after Markson Ojobo was sent off six minutes into the second half.

Ageless striker, Emeka Nwanna came off the bench for Enyimba in place of Sokari in the 82nd minute, and seven minutes later,
sealed the deal for the Aba Millionaires as he shook off his marker to score the second goal.

Enyimba now need only a draw against Kano Pillars, or lose by less than six on the final day, to emerge Super Four champions

ABIDOYE BABATUNDE

GLO CAF Awards fallout…Eagles Salute Maigari Over Awards Sweep…Tip Mikel For Future

GLO CAF Awards fallout…Eagles Salute Maigari Over Awards Sweep…Tip Mikel For Future

Despite Super Eagles and Chelsea midfield maestro, John Mikel Obi not being named the African Footballer of the Year at Thursday’s awards ceremony in Lagos, it was plaudits galore for the NFF President, Alhaji Aminu Maiagari, his executive committee and all Nigerians over the near clean sweep of awards at the Eagles camp in Cape Town on Thursday night.

From Assistant Coach, Dan ‘the bull’ Amokachi, Team Administrator, Dayo Enebi Achor to other officials and indeed the players it was clapping and praises galore as award after award was named after Nigeria. Even the Protocol Official attached to the team, Lawrence Kentu and other security personnel in the team were not left out of the praise for the NFF and its leadership.

“It’s simply the best era in Nigerian football and we pray and hope that it will be sustained in the coming years”, declared an obviously elated Emmanuel Attah, who is the team’s Coordinator. Gangling defence ace, Azubuike Egwuekwe, said he was not too disappointed at Mikel’s loss because head or tail, Nigeria was the champion of the night. “We are sure that Mikel or a Nigerian will win the next award”, he said excitedly.

Team Psychologist, Dr Robinson Okosun spoke in a similar vein, declaring that with the clean sweep of awards, the year 2014 will be a better one for Nigeria. “Yes we may be a little disappointed that Mikel did not win but are assured that we will do better in the New Year, starting with the CHAN tournament and we will return again next year to take what rightly belongs to us”.

Amokachi, who is normally not used to emotions said there was a lot to cheer from the award ceremony. “We had a clean sweep and we must comment President Maigari and his board but the message is for us to work harder and remain the dominant force in African football”, he said. Team’s Media Officer Ben Alaiya, simply said he could not agree more with the deluge of accolades that were poured on Nigerian football and the Maigari led NFF. “Its congratulations and more work to be done”.

Glo-Caf Awards: Maigari to receive Hayatou in Lagos

Glo-Caf Awards: Maigari to receive Hayatou in Lagos

President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Aminu Maigari will be at the head of the NFF and Globacom’s reception party for the President of Confederation of African Football, Alhaji Issa Hayatou, in Lagos on Wednesday.

Africa’s football supremo will be arriving in Lagos at 1.25pm aboard a Cameroonian Airliner, and Maigari, alongside NFF Vice President, Chief Mike Umeh, Members of the Executive Committee, Chief Emeka Inyama, Mr. Deji Tinubu, Alhaji Muazu Suleyman and Alhaji Yusuf Ahmed Fresh, as well as Assistant Director (Media), Ademola Olajire and top officials
of Globacom Communications will be on hand to receive him.

Also coming on Wednesday are Members of the CAF Executive Committee including Magdi Shams El Din (Sudan), Constant Selemani Omari (DRCongo) and Algerian Mohamed Raouraoua, who is also a Member of the FIFA Executive Committee.

Already in the country are Executive Committee members Anjorin Moucharafou (Benin Republic), Ahmad (Madagascar) and Adoum Djibrine (Chad), who all arrived on Tuesday.

Kwesi Nyantakyi (Ghana) and Jacques Anouma from Cote d’Ivoire are scheduled to arrive on Thursday.

The Glo-Caf Awards ceremony will take place at the Eko Convention Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos on Thursday night.

NFF, Globacom perfect arrangements for Glo-Caf Awards

PHOTO: Maigari (middle), flanked by Green (left), Opeseitan (second left), Amadu (right) and Otufowora (second right) after the meeting at NFF Secretariat.

NFF, Globacom perfect arrangements for Glo-Caf Awards

Top officials of the Nigeria Football Federation and Globacom Communications have been perfecting strategies and methods for a
highly successful Glo-Caf African Football Awards, which will take place at the Eko Convention Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos on
Thursday, 9th January, 2014.

The Glo-Caf Awards traditionally rewards the best men and women performers in several sectors of the game in the continent in the
outgone year.

At the weekend, NFF President, Alhaji Aminu Maigari held a meeting with a delegation from the telecommunication giants, where several issues, especially the reception, transportation, accommodation and security of the CAF delegation as well as the role of Nigeria Football Federation were highlighted.

Noting that the NFF is one of the most respected football Federations in the African continent and that the Aminu Maigari administration is a brand to associate with, Globacom’s Director of Public Relations, Mr. Olabode Opeseitan declared that “our objective is to deliver a world class event interspersed with unique brand of African entertainment, and we need the support of NFF to achieve this.”

Former Nigeria captain Sunday Oliseh will anchor the event alongside renown South African broadcaster Carol Tshabalala.

NFF President, Alhaji Aminu Maigari, pledged the support of the Federation to ensure that the showpiece is a huge success, “to the
glory of our country.”

At the meeting inside the NFF Secretariat were NFF President Aminu Maigari, Chairman of Technical Committee, Barrister Chris Green, General Secretary, Barrister Musa Amadu, Director of Competitions, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi and Assistant Director (Media), Ademola Olajire. From Globacom were Olabode Opeseitan, Mr. Vincent Oparaeke (Head, Marketing Communications, North West) and Mr. Afolabi Otufowora (Head of Events).

For the first time in decades, and underlining the tremendous success that year 2013 was for Nigeria football, several Nigerian players and teams are in line for honours on the night.

Nigeria’s National Team, winner of the 29th Africa Cup of Nations and first African team to qualify for the FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014, is nominated for National Team of the Year, while the U-17 Team, record fourth winners of the FIFA U-17 World Cup in United Arab Emirates, is nominated for Youth National Team of the Year.

Midfield lynchpin John Mikel Obi is nominated alongside Ivorians Yaya Toure and Didier Drogba for Player of the Year, with Coach Stephen Keshi in the race for Coach of the Year alongside compatriot Manu Garba of the U-17 side, and Kelechi Iheanacho, Most Valuable Player of the FIFA U-17 World Cup UAE 2013, in the race for Most Promising Talent.

Attacking midfielder Sunday Mba, who scored the only goal of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations Final, is nominated for African Player of the Year (based in Africa) while the Nigeria Football Supporters Club will pick up the Fair Play Award.