The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced Wednesday, December 2 as the new date for the 2026 CAF Awards ceremony to be held in Lagos, Nigeria.

The awards ceremony, which was previously scheduled to take place on Monday, December 7, has been brought forward by five days, as revealed by the continent's football governing body.

The ceremony will take place at the Professor Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and the Arts, formerly known as the National Theatre.

This will be the first time the ceremony has returned to Nigeria since it last hosted the event in 2014.

Awards are expected to be presented across 18 categories on the night.

The major highlights on the night will be the CAF Men's and Women's Footballer of the Year awards.

Côte d'Ivoire's Yaya Toure won the award the last time the ceremony was held in Nigeria, with Pierre Emerick Aubameyang and Vincent Enyeama finishing as first and second runners up respectively.

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