Teams
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FC Robo - naised
Bayelsa Queens FC - naised
Rivers Angels - naised
Edo Queens - naised
Delta Queens - naised
Abia Angels FC - naised
Naija Ratels - naised
Sunshine Queens - naised
Nasarawa Amazons - naised
Ibom Angels - naised
Osun Babes - naised
Adamawa Queens - naised
Confluense Queens - naised
Royal Queens FC - naised
Heartland Queens - naised
Dream Star - naised
Dannaz FC - naised
Remo Stars - naised
Pelican Stars - naised
Ekiti Queens - naised
Kaduna Queens Women
Dreamstar Women
Wikipedia - 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 men's league, the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). 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 frequent in the super tournaments, a mini tournament held annually among the top placed teams, to determine the overall winner for the league. Despite the high frequency of the abridged format over the years, the 2014 league season saw a straight round robin season in determining the league winners, however by 2015, there was a reintroduction of the group system.