The reigning NWFL Premiership champions add a creative passer from Port Harcourt as they build for the new season.
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Edo Queens have signed midfielder Taiwo Afolabi, popularly known as “Pocket Pass”, from Rivers Angels, as FootballInNigeria.com.ng reports. The Benin City club announced the deal this week.
The move brings a creative passer to a club that won the 2025/26 NWFL Premiership, the second league title in its history. Edo Queens clinched it at the Super Six in Port Harcourt in June.
Afolabi says her nickname began in Lagos because of the way she sets up attackers. New Bet9ja users can see Bet9ja’s YOHAIG sign-up promotion before the next round of football.
She began her professional career with Delta Queens in 2021. She joined Rivers Angels in January 2025 as one of 14 new signings.
Afolabi was named in the NWFL Best XI for 2022/23 while at Delta Queens, the league’s champions that season. She has also been called up to Nigeria’s youth teams, including Falconets camps.
Edo Queens finished second in the 2025/26 regular season on 36 points, while Rivers Angels were third on 34. Rivers now lose one of their key creators. Readers curious about daily offers can check the Bet9ja promo code for today.
Afolabi will feed an attack that includes Doosuur Atume, who shared the Golden Boot last season with 13 goals. That could make Edo Queens even harder to stop.
For Rivers Angels, losing a playmaker of Afolabi’s quality is a blow. For Edo Queens, it is a statement of intent.
Can Afolabi’s passing unlock the champions’ attack even further? Fans following the NWFL can also see the Bet9ja promo code page.
The coming weeks will show how quickly she settles in Benin City.
📌 Did You Know?
- Edo Queens won their first NWFL Premiership title in 2024, finishing one point clear of Rivers Angels in the Super Six.
- Rivers Angels are seven-time NWFL champions.
- Afolabi was named NWFL Player of the Week after matchday three of the 2024/25 season, her first at Rivers Angels.
- Rivers Angels won the Fair Play Prize at the 2026 NWFL Super Six.
- Edo Queens beat Abia Angels 6-2 in the Super Six on June 10, the joint highest-scoring game of the season.
- Before Edo Queens’ 2026 triumph, the last five NWFL winners were Rivers Angels (2021), Bayelsa Queens (2022 and 2025), Delta Queens (2023) and Edo Queens (2024).
