• Home
  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
Saturday, June 7, 2025
NIJ INSIGHT
No Result
View All Result
  • Login
  • News
  • Insight
  • Special Report
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • Lifestyle
    • Fashion
    • Travel
  • Metro
  • Opinion
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Tech
  • News
  • Insight
  • Special Report
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • Lifestyle
    • Fashion
    • Travel
  • Metro
  • Opinion
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Tech
No Result
View All Result
NIJ INSIGHT
Home Sports

AFCON: Ekong wins best player award

Precious Yusuf by Precious Yusuf
February 27, 2024
in Sports
Reading Time: 1 min read
0
AFCON: Ekong wins best player award

William Troost-Ekong (Photo Credit: @NGSuperEagles on X)

Share on FacebookShare on WhatsAppShare on Twitter

Despite losing out on the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title, William Troost-Ekong was awarded the man of the competition.

Aside putting in a good shift defensively, the central defender also recorded three goals in the tournament.

READ ALSO

HND 1 secures Provost Cup Semi-Final spot

Why my former staff conspired against me – Izamoje

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) also gave out awards to other players and teams as South Africa shot-stopper, Ronwen Williams won the best goalkeeper.

South Africa also clinched the ‘Fair Play Team Award’ and Emilo Nsue of Equatorial Guinea won the Golden Boot after amassing 5 goals. Angolan player, Gelson Dala followed closely with 4 goals, thus claimed the Silver Boot and Egypt’s Mostafa Mohamed, who also netted 4 times won the Bronze Boot.

Simon Adingra, who was instrumental to Cote d’Ivoire’s success won the ‘Best Young Player’ of the tournament – and the Best Coach award went to the manager of the side, Emerse Fae.

The host nation, Cote d’Ivoire were AFCON champions after defeating Nigeria 2-1 in the final, thus the team managed by Jose Peseiro were runners-up, while South Africa finished third.

Tags: AFCONCAFWilliam Troost-Ekong

Related Posts

HND 1 secures Provost Cup Semi-Final spot
Sports

HND 1 secures Provost Cup Semi-Final spot

June 7, 2025
Why my former staff conspired against me – Izamoje
News

Why my former staff conspired against me – Izamoje

June 6, 2025
How to succeed in saturated media industry – Izamoje
Insight

How to succeed in saturated media industry – Izamoje

June 5, 2025
Media

Champions of Ogba: Transforming Lives Through Sports

March 23, 2025
The Next Generation of Sports Journalists
Sports

The Next Generation of Sports Journalists

March 8, 2025
Team PGD
Sports

Team PGD Shines At NIJ Provost’s Cup 2025

March 7, 2025
Next Post
Residents bemoan high cost of data

Residents bemoan high cost of data

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Trending

  • Ola succeeds Omojuyigbe as Deputy Provost

    Ola succeeds Omojuyigbe as Deputy Provost

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • NIJ PGD students kick against ₦15,900 project fee, demand transparency

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Damilola Oyekan: The story of my journey to NIJ

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • US newspaper hails NIJ graduate’s publishing exploits

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • How Samuel Sani got invitation to under-18 Nigeria basketball team

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0

Latest

FOI: MRA warns against criminalising access to information

FOI: MRA warns against criminalising access to information

June 7, 2025
Eid-El-Kabir holiday: Classes resume June 9

Eid-El-Kabir holiday: Classes resume June 9

June 7, 2025
HND 1 secures Provost Cup Semi-Final spot

HND 1 secures Provost Cup Semi-Final spot

June 7, 2025
Facebook Twitter Youtube Instagram

About

NIJ INSIGHT LOGO DARK

Categories

  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Fashion
  • Health
  • Insight
  • Lifestyle
  • Media
  • Metro
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Special Report
  • Sports
  • Tech
  • Uncategorized

Tags

Abel Sunday AFCON ARCON Badejo-Okusanya book Brila FM Chude Jideonwo Climate change Content Creation David Ajikobi Dr. Adeboye Ola Dr. Dele Omojuyigbe Edo Governorship Election Elizabeth Jimoh Examination Exhibition Final year students Football Health Inflation International Press Centre Izamoje Journalism Journalists Media Mr. Deba Uwadiae MSSN NCF Nigeria Nigerian Institute of Journalism Nigerian Journalism NIJ NiMET Noah’s Ark Ogba Post Graduate Punch Ramadan Samuel Sani Sarah Ayeku School sports students Sulaiman Aladeh Vocational Skills Training

© 2024 NIJ INSIGHT - Crafted with ❤ by Claridan.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Insight
  • Special Report
  • Entertainment
  • Lifestyle
    • Fashion
    • Travel
  • Sports
  • Business
  • Health
  • Metro
  • Politics
  • Tech
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy

© 2024 NIJ INSIGHT - Crafted with ❤ by Claridan.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.