The 2026 CAF Awards are coming to Lagos on December 2, and the city has not hosted this ceremony since 2014. The Confederation of African Football confirmed the updated date this week, moving the event five days earlier than the originally announced December 7. The venue is the Professor Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and the Arts, the landmark formerly known as the National Theatre.
Eighteen award categories will be presented on the night, with the CAF Men's Player of the Year and CAF Women's Player of the Year topping the bill. Coaches, goalkeepers, young players, clubs and national teams will also be recognised across the remaining categories, making it one of the most comprehensive nights in African football.
The return to Lagos already has people talking, but not entirely for celebratory reasons. Nigerian footballers are notably absent from the top categories this year, a point that has become one of the bigger conversations building ahead of the ceremony.
Originally published by NotJustOk.