Women’s Football

Emmanuel Osahon started a grassroots football programme on a school pitch in Mushin, Lagos, and produced Asisat Oshoala and Rasheedat Ajibade. Now he is saying FC Robo Queens will win the NWFL Premiership title in 2026/27. When this man sets a target, Nigerian women’s football pays attention. Emmanuel Osahon does not speak in headlines for […]

Moses Aduku said they were not celebrating yet. He was right to wait. On the final day of the NWFL Super Six in Port Harcourt, Edo Queens held Bayelsa Queens to a goalless draw, watched Nasarawa Amazons do the same against Rivers Angels, and became champions for the second time in their history. Edo Queens

Edo Queens lead the NWFL Super Six by two points going into the final matchday. Their coach Moses Aduku knows what that means and what it does not mean. The lead is real. The title is not yet won. Bayelsa Queens are the defending champions who still believe they can take it back. Moses Aduku

Chioma Moses came off the bench in Matchday 4 looking to settle a tense South-South derby. She did it in the 77th minute with a decisive strike that separated Edo Queens from Rivers Angels and moved the Benin-based side into outright control of the NWFL Super Six title race with two matchdays to play. NWFL

Three clubs. Six nominees. One four-goal performance that towered above everything else on Matchday Three of the NWFL Super Six. Chioma Moses of Edo Queens led the individual nominations by a distance but five others have made the case that one vote should not be automatic. Editor’s note: Our Matchday 3 roundup report described Chioma

When the vote closed on the NWFL Super Six Matchday 2 Top Performer poll, one name was standing some distance clear of the rest. Ayatsea Hembafan scored the goal that completed Nasarawa Amazons’ comeback against the reigning champions, and the Nigerian women’s football audience made their verdict unambiguous. Ayatsea Hembafan has been voted the NWFL

Three matches, three entirely different stories and a Super Six table that looks completely different at the halfway point from how it looked 48 hours ago. FC Robo Queens finally arrived, Nasarawa Amazons finally dropped points, and Edo Queens reminded everyone that six goals in an afternoon is well within their range. Matchday Three of

The Flamingos crushed Guinea 11-0 on aggregate and earned a short rest. Now the work resumes. Nigeria’s U-17 women reassemble on Sunday in Ikenne for the camp that will shape their final qualifying push against Benin Republic, with a place at the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Morocco the reward for the side

Joy Omewa struck twice in the second half at the Remo Stars Stadium in Ikenne, drove the Super Falcons to a 3-0 victory over Senegal, and then told the world exactly what it meant her first international goals were a dream come true, for her and for her family. The moment Joy Omewa rose to

Three clubs, six performances, and one vote that will decide the most memorable individual contribution of the NWFL Super Six’s second matchday in Port Harcourt. The nominees reflect a round that produced a giant killing, a comeback, and a demolition all in the space of one afternoon. The NWFL Premiership Super Six Top Performer poll