President Bola Tinubu has approved Nigeria’s bid to host the 2026 Confederation of African Football Awards and the 48th CAF Ordinary General Assembly.
The approval was confirmed in a statement released on Tuesday by the Nigeria Football Federation following a meeting between Tinubu and Patrice Motsepe during the ongoing Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi.
Also present at the meeting were Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, NFF president Ibrahim Gusau, former NFF president Amaju Pinnick and CAF acting general secretary Samson Adamu.
According to the NFF, the 48th CAF Ordinary General Assembly will take place in October this year and will bring together football administrators from across the continent.
“The President and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR, has approved Nigeria’s proposed hosting of the 48th Ordinary General Assembly of the Confederation of African Football, as well as this year’s CAF Awards Ceremony,” the statement read.
The CAF Ordinary General Assembly traditionally gathers presidents of CAF’s 54 member associations, representatives of the six zonal unions and other senior football officials.
The CAF Awards ceremony is regarded as the continent’s biggest football awards event, recognising outstanding players, coaches and teams across Africa.
The most recent edition of the awards was held in Rabat in November 2025, where Achraf Hakimi won the African Men’s Player of the Year award after helping Paris Saint-Germain win the UEFA Champions League and Ligue 1 titles.
Nigeria also enjoyed success at the ceremony, with Chiamaka Nnadozie retaining the Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year award, while the Super Falcons were named Women’s National Team of the Year.
Nigeria has previously hosted the CAF Awards four times, with the last edition held in Lagos in January 2015 at the Eko Hotel and Suites.
That ceremony saw Yaya Touré win his fourth consecutive African Player of the Year award, while Asisat Oshoala claimed her first Women’s Player of the Year title.
