Babanawa FC was a Nigerian

National Division One The RFU Championship is an English rugby union competition comprising twelve clubs. It is the second level of men’s English rugby and is played by both professional and semi-professional players. The competition has existed since 1987, when ...

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

club, based in Anyigba,

Kogi State Kogi State is a state in the North Central region of Nigeria, bordered to the west by the states of Ekiti and Kwara, to the north by the Federal Capital Territory, to the northeast by Nasarawa State, to the northwest by Niger State, to the s ...

and play their home games in

Lokoja Lokoja is a city in Nigeria. It lies at the confluence of the Niger and Benue rivers and is the capital city of Kogi State. While the Yoruba (Oworo), Bassa Nge and Nupe are indigenous to the area, other ethnic groups of Nigeria, including the ...

. They were owned by Col. Ahmadu Usman Suleiman (rtd), making them one of the few Nigerian teams not run by a state government. In 2003, they were relegated to the amateur league under "suspicious" circumstances involving player ineligibility, and took the NFL to court to protest, ultimately losing. The team was resurrected in 2005 after acquiring Globe Stars FC and elected to play their games at

Onikan Stadium The Mobolaji Johnson Arena is a multi-purpose stadium in Lagos. It is currently used for football (soccer), football matches and it is the home stadium of various Lagos teams, most notably Ikorodu United F.C., Stationery Stores F.C., First Bank F. ...

. In 2006 they played their home games in

Gboko Gboko is a town in the Benue State of North-central Nigeria. Climate References External links Location on a map of Nigeria
{{LGAs and communities of Benue State Local Government Areas in Benue State ...

and

Makurdi Makurdi is the capital of Benue State, located in central Nigeria, and part of the Middle Belt region of central Nigeria. The city is situated on the south bank of the Benue River. In 2016, Makurdi and the surrounding areas had an estimated popula ...

before returning to Kogi State for the 2007 season. They withdrew from the League in the 2011 season after not making their first three games.

External links

Babanawa Returns

Babanawa Ready to Take NFA to Court.
Kogi State Football clubs in Nigeria Defunct football clubs in Nigeria {{Nigeria-footyclub-stub