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2023–24 NWFL Premiership
The 2023–24 NWFL Premiership was the 34th season of the women's football top-level league in Nigeria. The season commenced on 14 November 2023 and completed with the #Championship round, Super Six on 26 May 2024. Edo Queens F.C., Edo Queens won their first title after finishing top of the Super Six table. This season saw the return of Nigeria women's national football team, Super Falcons great Onome Ebi to the league as she joined Naija Ratels briefly. Teams Team changes Four teams got promoted as the teams were increased to 16 from 14. Stadiums and locations Regular season Group A Table Results Group B Table Results Championship round A championship round involving the top three teams from the two groups was held to determine the league champion. It commenced on 18 May. All matches were played at Samson Siasia Stadium in Yenagoa and Nembe Stadium in Nembe. Top scorers Season's awards References {{reflist NWFL Premiership seasons 2023–24 domestic wom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NWFL Premiership
The NWFL Premiership (formerly Nigeria Women Premier League) is the top-level league for women's association football in Nigeria. It is the women's equivalent of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) for male players. The Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) organizes the Nigeria Women Premier League and the Nigeria Women Pro-league. In November 2017, Aisha Falode was elected chairperson of the league board, and was officially designated in January 2017. History Women's football in Nigeria started in 1978 with the foundation of the NIFFOA (Nigeria Female Football Organising Association), renamed NIFFPA (Nigeria Female Football Proprietors Associations) in 1979, and joined by clubs like Jegede Babes, Ufuoma Babes, Larry Angels, Kakanfo Babes and others. The first championship was organised by the NFA in 1990. Ufuoma Babes were dominant in the 1990s, before succumbing to Pelican Stars, who won the league between 1997 and 2002. By the 2010s, Rivers Angels became more f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pantami Stadium
The Pantami Stadium is a 12,000 capacity multi-purpose stadium at the Pantami district of Gombe, Gombe State, Nigeria. It is used mostly for football matches but also for state and national ceremonial events, such as religious, political and social events. It is the official home stadium of Gombe United F.C. and Doma United F.C. and has been considered one of the most modern sport centres in the country. It was reconstructed in 2010. The structure boast of three major facilities which accommodate a synthetic football pitch, a tartan track for athletics and a gym built to promote and enhance sports development in the state Doma United drew an average home attendance of 2,852 in the 2023–24 Nigeria Premier Football League. Athletics Program On July 8, 2023 an inter-primary school athletic program held at the stadium, with participation by 1,000 primary school pupils. See also * List of stadiums in Nigeria *Lists of stadiums The following are lists of stadiums throughou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lagos
Lagos ( ; ), or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan city in southwestern Nigeria. With an upper population estimated above 21 million dwellers, it is the largest city in Nigeria, the most populous urban area on the African continent, and one of the fastest-growing megacity, megacities in the world. Lagos was the national capital of Nigeria until the Government of Nigeria, government's December 1991 decision to move their capital to Abuja, in the centre of the country. Lagos is a major African financial center, financial centre and is the economic hub of Lagos State and Nigeria at large. The city has a significant influence on commerce, entertainment, technology, education, politics, tourism, art, and fashion in Africa. Lagos is also among the top ten of the world's fastest-growing cities and Urban area, urban areas. In 2024, Time Out (magazine), Time Out magazine ranked Lagos as the 19th best city to visit in the world. A megacity, it has the second-highest Gross domestic pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onikan Stadium
The Mobolaji Johnson Arena, previously known as Onikan Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Lagos, Nigeria It is currently used for football (soccer), football matches and is the home stadium of 1472 FC, First Bank FC, Ikorodu United F.C., Ikorodu City FC, Inter Lagos F.C., Inter Lagos, Julius Berger FC, Prince Kazeem Eleku FC, Smart City FC, Sporting Lagos, Stationery Stores F.C., Stationery Stores FC and Valiant FC. The Mobolaji Johnson Arena has a capacity of 10,000 people and is the oldest in Nigeria. Located on the southeastern corner of Lagos Island near Tafewa Balewa Square, the original stadium was built in 1930 and six years later named after George V of the United Kingdom, King George V. Between 1963 and 1973, it became known as the Lagos City Stadium. The current Onikan Stadium was renovated and reopened for football and cultural activities in the 1980s. In March 2008, the stadium was banned for use for the rest of the season by the Nigeria Football League when a pitch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lokoja
Lokoja is a north-central city in Nigeria. It lies at the confluence of the Niger River, Niger and Benue River, Benue list of rivers of Nigeria, rivers and is the capital city of Kogi State. While the Bassa Nge, Yoruba people, Yoruba Oworo people, (Oworo) and Nupe people, Nupe are indigenous to the area, other ethnic groups, including the Kupa language, Kupa-Nupe, Hausa people, Hausa, Ebira, Igala people, Igala, Igbo people, Igbo, Bini people, Bini/Edo, and Tiv people, Tiv have recently established themselves. Lokoja is projected to be the third fastest growing city on the African continent between 2020 and 2025, with a 5.93% growth rate. It was listed as a second class township by the 1917 township ordinance of the Colony, colonial Public administration, administration, indicating that Lokoja is an old city.Lokoja was founded in 1857 by William Baikie, a British explorer, who established a trading post on the banks of the Niger River. The city's strategic location made it an impo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edo University, Iyamho
Edo University, Iyamho (abbreviated EDI) is a state government-owned tertiary institution founded in 2016. Formerly known as Edo State University, Uzairue, it is located in Iyamho, a town in Etsako West local government area of Edo State, Nigeria. In December 2024, the Edo state governor, His Excellency, Senator Monday Okpebholo approved the renaming of the university from Edo state University, Uzairue, to Edo University, Iyamho. On 23 March 2016, the university was approved by the National Universities Commission as Nigeria's 41st state university. Edo University offer undergraduate, postgraduate and research programmes. History On 27 March 2014, the Edo State House of Assembly passed a bill for the establishment of a University of Science and Technology at Uzairue. The university was however changed to Edo University and its location to Iyamho. Ranking and achievement In 2018, the university was ranked first among State government owned Universities and third Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confluence Queens F
In geography, a confluence (also ''conflux'') occurs where two or more watercourses join to form a single channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river (main stem); or where two streams meet to become the source of a river of a new name (such as the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers, forming the Ohio River); or where two separated channels of a river (forming a river island) rejoin downstream from their point of separation. Scientific study Confluences are studied in a variety of sciences. Hydrology studies the characteristic flow patterns of confluences and how they give rise to patterns of erosion, bars, and scour pools. The water flows and their consequences are often studied with mathematical models. Confluences are relevant to the distribution of living organisms (i.e., ecology) as well; "the general pattern ownstream of confluencesof increasing stream flow and decreasing slopes drives a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yenagoa
Yenagoa is a Local Government Area and capital city of Bayelsa State, Southern Nigeria. It is located at the Niger-Delta region of the country at coordinates . The LGA has an area of 706 km2 and an estimated population of 798,466 at 2024. The postal code of the area is 561. The Ijaws form the majority of the Local Government Area. English is the official language, but Epie-Atissa language is one of the local languages spoken in Yenagoa, others such as Ekpetiama, Gbarian, Buseni and Zarama are Ijaw dialect in Yenagoa LGA. Bayelsa Airport ( Bayelsa International Airport) is an airport located in the Bayelsa State capital of Yenagoa, southern Nigeria. Yenagoa Bayelsa Airport received its first aircraft arrival on February 14, 2019. Yenagoa is the home of Bayelsa United, a men's association football club that plays in the second-tier Nigeria National League, and Bayelsa Queens, a women's football club in the NWFL Premiership. The two clubs won the 2021 Aiteo Cup for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yenagoa Township Stadium
Samson Siasia Sports Stadium is a multi-use stadium located in the Yenagoa metropolis, Nigeria. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and it is the home stadium of both Ocean Boys FC and the Bayelsa United. The stadium has a capacity of 5,000 people. Before 2009, it was known as the Yenagoa Township Stadium. It was rededicated in 2009 and was named after Samson Siasia. Samson Siasia is a former Nigerian Association football, soccer player who has coached a number of teams and recorded a number of successes. The Samson Siasia stadium is the first environmentally friendly astro turf pitch in Africa. The astro turf pitch was built by Monimichelle Sports Facility Construction and Development Ltd. References Football venues in Nigeria Bayelsa State {{Nigeria-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Bayelsa is a state in the South South region of Nigeria, located in the core of the Niger Delta. Bayelsa State was created in 1996 and was carved out from Rivers State, making it one of the newest states in the federation. The capital, Yenagoa, is susceptible to high risk of annual flooding. It shares a boundary with Rivers State to the east and Delta State to the north across the Niger River for 17km and the Forçados River for 198km, with the waters of the Atlantic Ocean dominating its southern borders. It has a total area of . The state comprises eight local government areas: Ekeremor, Kolokuma/Opokuma, Yenagoa, Nembe, Ogbia, Sagbama, Brass and Southern Ijaw. Bayelsa state is regarded as the least populous state in Nigeria with an estimated population of over 3,700,000 as at 2024. Being in the Niger Delta, Bayelsa State has a riverine and estuarine setting, with bodies of water within the state making the development of significant road infrastructure, quite diffic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umuahia
Umuahia () is the capital city of Abia State in southeastern Nigeria. Umuahia is located along the rail road that lies between Port Harcourt to its south, and Enugu city to its north. Umuahia has a population of 359,230 according to the 2006 Nigerian census. Umuahia is renowned for being a railway and agricultural market center, which attracts traders and farmers from neighboring towns to sell their produce, such as yams, cassava, corn (maize), taro, citrus fruits, and palm oil and kernels. There are industries that help drive its economy, such as a brewery and a palm-oil-processing plant. Nigeria's National Root Crops Research Institute, at Umudike, is adjacent to the town. So also is the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU). Umuahia also has several colleges including Trinity College (theological), Government College Umuahia, Holy Rosary Girls Secondary School and hospitals like the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia (formerly Queen Elizabeth Hospital). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enyimba International Stadium
The Enyimba International Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Aba, Nigeria, Aba, Nigeria. It is currently used mostly for association football, football matches and serves as the home ground of Enyimba F.C. Following renovations in 2018, the stadium holds 16,000 people. Enyimba have been crowned Nigerian football champions several times. Enyimba FC drew an average home attendance of 3,496 in the 2023-24 edition of the NPFL. See also *Lists of stadiums References Enyimba International Stadium at Soccerway Enyimba F.C. Football venues in Nigeria Buildings and structures in Aba, Nigeria {{Nigeria-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
