naptu2: 1) The golden ball for being the best player at the 2014 FIFA Under 20 World Cup.
2) The golden boot for being the highest goal scorer at the 2014 FIFA Under 20 World Cup.
3) The golden ball for being the best player at the 2014 African Women's Nations Cup. She also won the silver boot for being the second highest goal scorer at the tournament (second to Desire Oparanozie).
4) The golden boot for being the highest goal scorer at the 2016 African Women's Nations Cup.
Asisat Oshoala of Nigeria has made the top-three list of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) 2022 awards.
CAF, on Wednesday, revealed the top three for all the women’s and men’s categories of the Awards Gala 2022 scheduled for Thursday in Rabat, Morocco.
The Awards will be held in Rabat, Morocco on 21 July 2022.
The top three lists are from the lists of nominees previously revealed by CAF in both the men and women categories.
In the Player of the Year category, four-time winner, Oshoala, is in the hunt for a fifth crown.
However, she faces stiff opposition from Cameroonian Ajara Nchout Njoya and new entrant Grace Chanda of Zambia for the Women’s category.
In the men’s category, former winners Mohamed Salah (Egypt) and Sadio Mane (Senegal) will have to battle it out with Senegal goalkeeper Edouard Mendy.
However, the list for the National Women’s Team of the Year award was not among those released due to the absence of a major women’s competition during the period under review.
The Organising Team for the CAF Awards 2022 slated for 20h00 local time (19h00 GMT) has reviewed the selection process for this important category.
The Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) will be factored in as one of the criteria in deciding a winner befitting of the status of the award and women’s football in general.
The winner will be announced on Saturday during the WAFCON final match.
CAF reveals top three final list of nominees ahead of CAF Awards on Thursday
With less than 48 hours to the highly-anticipated CAF Awards 2022, CAF has revealed the top three (3) for all the women and men categories ahead of the much-awaited Awards Gala on Thursday, 21 July 2022, in Rabat, Morocco.
The Awards will be held in Rabat, Morocco on 21 July 2022 at 20h00 local time. (19h00 GMT).
The top three list is from the list of nominees previously revealed by CAF in both men and women categories.
In the Player of the Year category; four-time winner Asisat Oshoala of Nigeria is in the hunt for a fifth crown. However, she faces stiff opposition from Cameroonian Ajara Nchout Njoya and new entrant Grace Chanda of Zambia for the Women’s category.
In the men’s category, former winners’ Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane of Egypt and Senegal will have to battle it out with Senegal shot stopper Edouard Mendy, also a new comer in the three-men list.
Full list of top 3 nominees (in alphabetical order);
Bambanani Mbanie (South Africa & Mamelodi Sundowns)
Evelyn Badu (Ghana & Sekondi Hasaacas Ladies/Alvaldsnes)
Interclub Player of the Year (Men)
Achraf Dari (Morocco & Wydad Athletic Club)
Aliou Dieng (Mali & Al Ahly)
Mohamed El Shenawy (Egypt & Al Ahly)
Young Player of the Year (Women)
Doris Boaduwaa (Ghana & Sekondi Hasaacas Ladies)
Evelyn Badu (Ghana & Sekondi Hasaacas Ladies/Alvaldsnes)
Yasmine Zouhir (Morocco & AS Saint-Etienne)
Young Player of the Year (Men)
Hannibal Mejbri (Tunisia & Manchester United)
Karim Konate (Cote d’Ivoire & ASEC/RB Salzburg)
Pape Matar Sarr (Senegal & Tottenham Hotspur)
Coach of the Year (Women)
Bruce Mwape (Zambia)
Desiree Ellis (South Africa)
Jerry Tshabalala (Mamelodi Sundowns)
Reynald Pedros (Morocco)
Coach of the Year (Men)
Aliou Cisse (Senegal)
Carlos Queiroz (Egypt)
Walid Regragui (Wydad Athletic Club)
Club of the Year (Women)
AS FAR (Morocco)
Hasaacas Ladies (Ghana)
Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)
Club of the Year (Men)
Al Ahly (Egypt)
RS Berkane (Morocco)
Wydad Athletic Club (Morocco)
National Team of the Year (Men)
Cameroon
Egypt
Senegal
National Team of the Year (Women)
Due to the absence of a major women’s competition during the period under review, the Organising Team for the CAF Awards 2022 has reviewed the selection process for this important category. The TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations Morocco will be factored as one of the criterion in deciding a winner befitting of the status of the award and women’s football in general. The winner will be announced on 23 July 2022 during the final match of the Women’s AFCON.
Goal of the Year
Gabadinho Mhango (Malawi & Orlando Pirates)
Pape Ousmane Sakho (Senegal & Simba)
Zouhair El Moutaraji (Morocco & Wydad Athletic Club)
naptu2: The only unusual thing this time is that it occurred during the Rainy Season.
It has almost become a tradition that there should be major fire outbreaks at Oko Baba (on the Mainland) and on Lagos Island sometime between September and January every year. The reason for the fire outbreaks is quite obvious.
Oko Baba is a gigantic illegal sawmill. Dry wood is stored haphazardly over a wide area in Ebute Metta. The wood and sawdust is often burnt there, making it difficult for motorists on Third Mainland Bridge to see (driving down that stretch of the bridge is extremely dangerous because of the smoke). The Government has had plans to relocate the sawmills for a very long time. These plans have often been frustrated by people who spread rumours that the government just wants to steal land. It seems as if there is a major fire outbreak at that place every single dry season. There was another fire outbreak there yesterday.
There have also been fire outbreaks at the various markets on Lagos Island almost every Dry Season since the 1980s. One of the reasons for the fires on Lagos Island is the enormous amount of illegal fireworks that are stored there every Christmas season. The fire in 2012 caused such a huge explosion that some people thought that Boko Haram militants had bombed Lagos. The explosion was so powerful that it knocked down part of the building in which the fireworks were stored. The sale, distribution and use of these fireworks have been illegal since the early 1980s, but people keep using them during the Christmas season and so there is a huge market for them and this market is centred around Lagos Island.
The large number of clothes that are sold on Lagos Island also serve as fuel for these fire outbreaks that occur during the Dry Season. On one occasion someone was trying to refuel an electricity generator that was still on and this caused a fire that burnt through bales of fabric.
The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service is currently attending to a Fire outbreak which emergency call was received at 13:45hrs Monday, to Kadara Street, Oko Baba, Ebute Meta, Lagos.
On arrival at the scene it was discovered that make-shift commercial shops of various sizes and patterns used in trading and stocking of woods are well alight on Fire as the crews deployed copious water and chemical foam compound to douse the raging Fire.
Concerted efforts from emergency responders are also called for back up as d shanties Saw Mill Fire spread due to d nature of d combustible substances involved d expanse vast land sweeping through market.
The public should however be rest assured that the Fire has been curtailed from spreading further and poses no threat to life and further damages.
It is on record that no life or injury has been reported as the course of the Fire would be unravel as soon Firefighting is concluded.
Ogabi Olajide Deputy Head Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service July 18, 2022
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