{"id":7553,"date":"2026-11-03T11:48:46","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T11:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/03\/adegbuyi-akekoromowei-super-falcons-nominated-for-2026-caf-womens-awards\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T11:48:46","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T11:48:46","slug":"adegbuyi-akekoromowei-super-falcons-nominated-for-2026-caf-womens-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/03\/adegbuyi-akekoromowei-super-falcons-nominated-for-2026-caf-womens-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Adegbuyi, Akekoromowei, Super Falcons nominated for 2026 CAF Women\u2019s Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/caf-awards-1024x683.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Adegbuyi, Akekoromowei, Super Falcons nominated for 2026 CAF Women\u2019s Awards\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/caf-awards-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/caf-awards-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/caf-awards-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/caf-awards.webp 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Ayobami Okerinde<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nigeria has secured nominations in three categories for the 2026 Confederation of African Football (CAF) Women\u2019s Awards, announced on Tuesday, with Christiana Uzoma, Oluwakemi Adegbuyi, Seimeyeha Janet Akekoromowei and the Super Falcons making the shortlist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Edo Queens goalkeeper Uzoma is among the nominees for the Women\u2019s Goalkeeper of the Year. She will compete against Chloe N\u2019Gazi, Michaely Bihina, Cynthia Konlan, Mercy Sikelo, Fatoumata Karantao, Khadija Er-Rmichi, Adji Ndiaye, Kaylin Swart and Hazel Nali.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the Women\u2019s Young Player of the Year category, Robo Queens and Flamingos forward Oluwakemi Adegbuyi earned a nomination, alongside Benfica and Falconets forward Seimeyeha Janet Akekoromowei, Romaine Gandonou, Ma\u00ebva Nyanidjo, Grace-Ruth Sery, N\u2019Sira Ou\u00e9draogo, Rose Kadzere, Kautar Azraf, Adji Ndiaye and Winfrida Gerald.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Super Falcons have also been nominated for the Women\u2019s National Team of the Year award despite failing to win the Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations title. Nigeria will compete against WAFCON champions Cameroon, Algeria, Cape Verde, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, Ghana, Malawi, Mali, Morocco and South Africa for the award.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, no Super Falcons player was nominated in the Women\u2019s Player of the Year category.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The winners will be announced at the 2026 CAF Awards ceremony on Monday, December 7, in Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2026\/11\/adegbuyi-akekoromowei-super-falcons-nominated-for-2026-caf-womens-awards\/\">Adegbuyi, Akekoromowei, Super Falcons nominated for 2026 CAF Women\u2019s Awards<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/\">Vanguard News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Vanguard News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ayobami Okerinde Nigeria has secured nominations in three categories for the 2026 Confederation of African Football (CAF) Women\u2019s Awards, announced on Tuesday, with Christiana Uzoma, Oluwakemi Adegbuyi, Seimeyeha Janet&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7553\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}