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13 Dec

Osimhen pens heartfelt message to family, fans after winning CAF award

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Napoli forward, Victor Osimhen has penned an emotional message to his family members and supporters after winning the Men’s Player of the Year gong at the CAF Awards 2023. Osimhen scooped the prestigious award at an elaborate ceremony held in Marrakech, Morocco on Monday night. The 24-year-old beat strong competition from Achraf Hakimi and Mohamed Salah to land the individual honour. He became the first Nigerian to win the award after former Ajax and Arsenal forward, Nwankwo Kanu in 1999. It was a remarkable night for Nigeria, with Barcelona Femeni star, Asisat Oshoala going home with the Women’s Player of…

24 Oct

Ballon d’Or: ‘It’s a scandal’ – Michail Antonio names player who deserves award

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West Ham United striker, Michail Antonio has said it would be scandalous if Manchester City superstar Erling Haaland is not named the 2023 Ballon d’Or winner ahead of Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi. Antonio believes Haaland, who won the Treble – Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League, deserves this year’s Ballon d’Or ahead of Messi. “I understand Messi winning the World Cup is massive, but you can’t look past a treble-winning team and what Haaland brought to that, breaking records,” Antonio said on his Footballers’ Footballer podcast (via Manchester Evening News). “He deserves the Ballon d’Or. If he doesn’t get…

23 Oct

They Wanted Me To Do Free Performance For Award And Video Shoot – Edem

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Ghanaian musician Edem Goget’em has recounted how an award scheme in Ghana wanted him to perform for free for an award and a video shoot. The ‘Toto’ singer told Kwame Dadzie on Joy FM’s Showbiz A to Z that because he declined the offer, he lost the slot to another artiste. “There was a year where an award scheme said I should come and do a free performance so that I would win an award and also alongside that they would shoot a video for me. I said ‘no’, and another artiste won the award and they shot the video for…

14 Sep

Ballon d’Or: Ronaldo was ‘robbed’ of award – Rio Ferdinand

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Manchester United legend, Rio Ferdinand has claimed that Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo was robbed of the Ballon d’Or award back in 2018. Ferdinand was hosting a session on Vibe with Five with popular internet personality IShowSpeed, who is a diehard Ronaldo fan. The former England defender was asked who has more Ballon d’Or awards, to which he replied: “Messi. “Seven against five. Cristiano Ronaldo was robbed of the Ballon d’or. Modric’s year.” Recall that Luka Modric won the Ballon d’Or in 2018 after helping Real Madrid win the UEFA Champions League in the 2017-2018 season. The Croatian international was also…

07 Apr

President Akufo-Addo Cuts Sod For Gh¢5 Million Ghana Award House

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The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday, 7th April 2021, cut the sod for the construction of the five million cedi (GH¢5 million) Ghana Award House, a new administrative building for the Head of State Award Scheme. Speaking at the sod-cutting ceremony, President Akufo-Addo explained that since its inception in 1967, the Head of State Award Scheme has challenged and touched the lives of many young Ghanaians, with some 750,000 young people participating and benefitting from the Scheme. “I have always been excited about the work being done by the Award Scheme, and that is why…

23 Sep

BIMA Wins Mobile Insurance Leadership Award And Claims Initiative Award At The Ghana Insurance Awards 2020

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BIMA Ghana, the leading provider of mobile delivered insurance and telemedicine services, has scooped the prestigious Mobile Insurance Leadership Award for the third time running as well as the Claims Initiative Award during the 2020 edition of the Ghana Insurance awards. The annual Ghana Insurance awards took place at the Kempinski Hotel, Gold Coast City Accra on the 29th of August. Since BIMA’s entry into the Ghanaian market in 2010, it has been disrupting the insurance landscape by providing affordable and easily accessible insurance and telemedicine services to over 2.5 million Ghanaians. In just 2 minutes, customers can register for BIMA products…