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.
The NWFL Premiership has confirmed six nominees for the Super Six Matchday Three Top Performer award, and the list is led by a performance that will be talked about for as long as the 2025-26 championship round is discussed. Chioma Moses of Edo Queens scored four times in the demolition of Abia Angels, a haul that places her above the rest of this week’s nominees in terms of sheer individual output and positions her as one of the most devastating individual Super Six performances the competition has produced in recent seasons.
The other five nominees represent two clubs whose Matchday Three contributions were no less important in terms of match outcome and title implications. FC Robo Queens’ first Super Six win over Nasarawa Amazons was engineered largely through the combined efforts of Kemi Adegbuyi and Opeyemi Ajakaye. Bayelsa Queens’ narrow 2-1 derby victory over Rivers Angels was built on the work of Dorshima Taarnum and Chiamaka Ezekwugo. The fan vote will decide which single performance stands tallest when the results are announced. NWFL Super Six fans can follow all the individual award news and title race updates through Nigeria’s top Bet9ja promotion code page as the final two matchdays approach.
The Six Nominees in Full
Chioma Moses — Edo Queens (Forward)
Four goals. That is the headline. Moses tore through the Abia Angels defence across the 90 minutes of Edo Queens’ 6-2 victory, scoring at regular intervals and maintaining composure in front of goal despite the occasion’s intensity. Her four-goal haul was the standout individual attacking performance of the matchday by a considerable margin, strengthening Edo Queens’ title credentials while adding significantly to her own Golden Boot tally. When a player scores four goals in a single Super Six match, the Top Performer vote is difficult to argue against.
Precious Oscar — Edo Queens (Forward, substitute)
Oscar’s role in the Abia Angels rout came from the bench, which gives her nomination a specific character. She was introduced as Edo Queens had already established a comfortable lead and scored shortly after her introduction, adding to the margin while also demonstrating the kind of impact-substitute quality that coaches value in the context of a six matchday championship round where squad rotation is essential. Her second consecutive Super Six Top Performer nomination in as many rounds reflects the sustained nature of her contribution this campaign.
Dorshima Taarnum — Bayelsa Queens (Forward)
Taarnum was the attacking heartbeat of Bayelsa Queens’ South-South derby victory over Rivers Angels. She provided the assist for the opening goal and then delivered the decisive winner that separated the two clubs and gave the reigning champions their first Super Six victory of the campaign. A goal and an assist in a 2-1 derby win is the kind of contribution that changes momentum for a club and shifts the complexion of a title race simultaneously. Her Matchday Three display put Bayelsa Queens back into genuine title contention after the Matchday Two defeat to Nasarawa Amazons.
Chiamaka Ezekwugo — Bayelsa Queens (Forward)
Ezekwugo opened the scoring against Rivers Angels with a powerful header and remained one of the most dangerous presences in the match across the 90 minutes. Her contribution went beyond the goal itself her physical presence, movement across the front line, and ability to generate chances through her aerial quality created problems for the Rivers Angels defence throughout. Two Bayelsa Queens nominees from the same fixture reflects how collective their attacking performance was in the derby, and Ezekwugo was central to that collective output from the first whistle.
Kemi Adegbuyi — FC Robo Queens (Midfielder)
The midfielder who controls the tempo of a match rarely gets enough recognition in fan polls that tend to favour goalscorers. Kemi Adegbuyi’s Matchday Three performance against Nasarawa Amazons was one where the midfield dominance translated into direct attacking contribution as well. She controlled proceedings in the centre of the pitch and capped the performance with a goal, making her one of the more complete individual displays of the round. The fact that Robo Queens recorded eight shots on target to Nasarawa’s zero tells the story of midfield control as much as anything else on the day.
Opeyemi Ajakaye — FC Robo Queens (Forward)
Ajakaye opened the scoring against Nasarawa Amazons in the 59th minute with a composed finish that ended a first half of goalless pressure and broke the deadlock in a match that had been tight until that point. Her goal was the catalyst for Robo Queens’ most convincing performance of the Super Six campaign, and her clinical finish in front of goal after the interval reflected a forward who had absorbed the first half’s tension and delivered precisely when her side needed the breakthrough. This is her second consecutive Matchday nomination, having been among the six shortlisted for Matchday Two as well.
Voting for the Matchday Three Top Performer is open through the NWFL’s official channels. The competition now has two matchdays remaining in Port Harcourt, with the title, individual scoring, and awards races all unresolved heading into the final stretch. All updates on the NWFL Super Six standings and top performer results are available at FootballInNigeria.com.ng’s Bet9ja promotion code page as the 2025-26 championship concludes. Fans can also follow all the action and get the best pre-match offers through Bet9ja’s Sport Jackpot page ahead of Matchdays Five and Six.
📌 Did You Know?
- Chioma Moses’s four goal haul against Abia Angels is the highest individual scoring performance in a single NWFL Super Six match in the 2025-26 campaign, surpassing any single match scoring record from either the regular season or the earlier playoff rounds.
- Dorshima Taarnum, who scored the winning goal and assisted the opener in Bayelsa Queens’ 2-1 derby win, is one of the longest serving players in the Bayelsa Queens squad and has been a consistent contributor to the club’s run of NWFL Premiership success over the past three seasons.
- Opeyemi Ajakaye has now been nominated for the NWFL Super Six Top Performer award in consecutive matchdays Matchday Two as a member of the six-player shortlist, and now Matchday Three as the player who scored Robo Queens’ opening goal against Nasarawa Amazons. Back-to-back nominations in the same Super Six round is a marker of sustained individual excellence.
- Kemi Adegbuyi’s midfield performance against Nasarawa Amazons is a reminder that the NWFL Super Six Top Performer nominations are not exclusively reserved for goalscorers and defenders, but can recognise the type of complete midfield display that controls a match and contributes directly to its outcome.
- Chiamaka Ezekwugo has now scored in both of Bayelsa Queens’ Super Six fixtures, having netted in the Matchday Two defeat to Nasarawa Amazons and in the Matchday Three derby win over Rivers Angels. She is the only player from the reigning champions to have scored in consecutive Super Six rounds.
- Precious Oscar’s back to back Super Six Top Performer nominations Matchday Two and Matchday Three came in two very different contexts. In MD2 she was a late substitute in a 4-1 win in MD3 she was a substitute in a 6-2 demolition. Two consecutive nominations from substitute appearances is exceptionally rare in any domestic women’s football competition.
- The NWFL Super Six Matchday Three results, with all three matches producing goals from multiple scorers, gave the competition its highest aggregate goals total from a single matchday. The 6-2 scoreline between Edo Queens and Abia Angels, added to the other results, produced a combined total of eleven goals across the three Matchday Three fixtures.
