A stoppage time winner and a tense penalty shootout decided the two promotion tickets in Calabar, capping a week long playoff for Nigeria’s top flight women’s football spots. Pelican Stars and Imo Striker Queens have secured promotion to the 2026/27 Nigeria Women Football League Premiership

The pre-WAFCON warm-up match in Casablanca has been scrapped due to unforeseen circumstances, though both teams remain on course for their tournament openers next week. The planned friendly between Nigeria’s Super Falcons and Ghana’s Black Queens has been called off, according to a statement posted on the

Coach Moses Aduku has begun intensive sessions with 16 of Nigeria’s 28 invited players already assembled, ahead of a World Cup campaign in Poland this September. Nigeria’s Falconets have opened their training camp in Abuja as preparations intensify for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Poland.