Nigeria, May 12 -- President Bola Tinubu has approved Nigeria's bid to host the 48th Ordinary General Assembly of the Confederation of African Football as well as the 2026 CAF Awards ceremony.

The approval was announced during the ongoing Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi, Kenya, following a meeting between Mr Tinubu and CAF President Patrice Motsepe.

According to the Nigeria Football Federation, those present at the meeting included Nigeria's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, NFF President Ibrahim Gusau, former NFF president and Special Adviser to the CAF President Amaju Pinnick, and CAF Acting Secretary-General Samson Adamu.

The 48th CAF Ordinary General Assembly is scheduled to hold in October and will bring togeth...