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Women’s 2021 Ballon D’or Shortlist

Women's 2021 Ballon D'or Shortlist

Nigeria's D'tigers To Have Notable Absentees Ahead Of FIBA 2023 African Qualifiers. The anticipation ahead of this year's Ballon d'Or continues to gain momentum with the shortlists for the Men and Women's awards ceremony released, each list consists of players who impressed this calendar year.

The Ballon d'or, presented by France Football, has been an annual ceremony for men's football since 1956 — providing 44 different winners.

The women's accolade was introduced in 2018, with Ada Hegerberg and Megan Rapinoe taking the two titles so far.

After the 2020 edition was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Ballon d'Or ceremony returns on November 29.

The judgments are made on the basis of the last 12 months' performances from players. Here are all the nominees for the Women's Ballon d'Or 2021.

Kadidiatou Diani (PSG)

Fran Kirby (Chelsea)

Jennifer Hermoso (Barcelona)

Christiane Endler (Lyon)

Christine Sinclair (Thorns FC)

Ashley Lawrence (PSG)

Irene Paredes (PSG, Barcelona)

Jessie Fleming (Chelsea)

Lieke Martens (Barcelona)

Sandra Panos (Barcelona)

Vivianne Miedema (Arsenal)

Ellen White (Manchester City)

Pernille Harder (Chelsea)

Sam Mewis (North Carolina Courage)

Wendie Renard (Lyon)

Marie-Antoinette Katoto (PSG)

Stina Blackstenius (Hacken)

Magdalena Eriksson (Chelsea)

Sam Kerr (Chelsea)

Alexia Putellas (Barcelona).

The ceremony will take place on 29 November 2021 and it will be held at the Theatre du Chatelet in the heart of Paris, France's capital city.

Women's 2021 Ballon D'or Shortlist

Bandits Kidnap Over 60 Villagers In Niger State

Bandits Kidnap Over 60 Villagers

A hunter has been killed while 30 persons kidnapped in Zazzaga Community, Munya Local Government Area of Niger State.

The Commissioner of Police in the State, Monday Bala Kuryas, who confirmed the incident said it took place at 2am on Wednesday, adding that, the police are already on the trail of the attackers to rescue the kidnapped victims unhurt.

The Munya Local Government Secretary, James Jagaba, in a telephone interview said that 68 persons were kidnapped, including women and children.

According to him, the bandits operated from one house to another.

Bandits Kidnap Over 60 Villagers

Police Takes Over APC Secretariat Over Planned ‘Buni Must Go’ Protest

Police Takes Over APC Secretariat

Police operatives on Wednesday took over the All Progressives Congress National Secretariat in Abuja over a planned protest by aggrieved party members demanding the resignation of the Chairman of the party’s Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Mai Mala Buni.

The heavily armed policemen reportedly arrived in four patrol vans and took over the entry and exit points on Blantyre Street where the APC National Secretariat is located.

A top official of the party however told journalists that the operatives were invited by chieftains of the party following security reports that some members were planning a protest against the party’s leadership over the recently conducted ward, local government, and state congresses across the country.

The National Secretary of the CECPC, John James, Akpanudoedehe, who spoke to journalists on the matter, said the deployment of police operatives on all roads leading to the APC national secretariat was nothing unusual.

He said the operatives were acting on security reports available to them.

Police Takes Over APC Secretariat

Court Summons Nigeria’s Chief Of Army Staff Over Killing Of Imo Businessman

Court Summons Nigeria's Chief Of Army Staff Over Killing Of Imo Businessman

A Federal High court in Owerri, the Imo State capital, has ordered that substituted service of court summon be served on the Chief of Army Staff, Faruk Yahaya, over the killing of an Owerri-based businessman, Noel Chigbu by suspected soldiers on April 30.

Counsel to the applicant, G. O Anyalewechi informed the court that the army chief refused to be served when a court bailiff traveled from Owerri to Abuja to meet him.

The presiding judge, Justice Maureen Onyetenu, ordered that the COAS be served through a newspaper publication in The Punch newspaper.

The applicant's counsel further disclosed that the other respondents: The Chief of Defence Staff, the Governor of Imo State and the Commander of the 34 Artillery Brigade, Owerri, had been duly served.

Court Summons Nigeria's Chief Of Army Staff Over Killing Of Imo Businessman