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The Zamfara State Universal Basic Education Board (ZSUBEB), under the leadership of the Executive Chairman, Professor Nasir Garba Anka, Makaman Sokoto South, has successfully concluded the state-level final of the 2025/2026 Basic Education Sports Tournament held at the Zamfara State College of Arts and Science (ZACAS) sports ground in Gusau.
Pelican Stars Football Club have a remarkable return to the Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) Premiership after subdued DreamStar Ladies FC 1-0 in a 2026 NWFL Championship Playoff final at the U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar.cross river state Blessing Ayila sealed promotion for the Calabar-based side, by sciring lone goal this comes to the end of years away from the NWFL tongo and has restored one of Nigeria’s most successful women’s clubs to the elite division.
The Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) Championship has bounce back to Calabar, Cross River State, for the 2026 edition, barely two years after the city hosted the second-tier competition in 2024 Nigeria Women Football League stated In a statement penultemate Thursday, the NWFL spokesperson, Samuel Ahmadu, confirmed this year’s Championship will hold from July 9 to 16, 2026, with 16 participating clubs set to battle for promotion to the NWFL Premiership.
Debutants Heartland Queens and Ikorodu City gave their very best but eventually fell to the firepower of the old guard as El-Kanemi Warriors and Nasarawa Amazons lifted the men’s and women’s trophies of this year’s President Federation Cup competition in Asaba on Saturday.
The Yobe State Government has donated sporting equipments to security agencies as part of its post-insurgency recovery drive. When distributing the sporting equipments on behalf of the state government, the Commissioner, Ministry of youth, sport, Social and community development, Alhaji Barma Shettima reaffirmed the ministry's commitment to supporting initiatives that will promote wellness and healthy recreation within the security architecture in the state.
The match was between Diamond Stars Football Club and New Vision FC, which Diamond fc subdued New vision 1–0 according to the organisers Alhaji Baba Gombe told our correspondenondent , was to honour and celebration of the recent appointment of the club's former captain, Nasiru, as Special Assistant to the Governor on Livestock and Ranching.
The Nigeria Premier Football League has released its calendar of activities for the 2026/2027 season, with the new campaign scheduled to kick off between August 28 and 30, 2026, following a series of pre-season programmes aimed at ensuring clubs meet operational and licensing requirements.
The Nigerian Women Football League has officially slated the draw matches as follows as Host Calabar Cross River State capital it's expected the city would be agog for the national event.
