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Gianni Infantino Organisers of the Aisha Buhari Invitational Women’s Football Tournament have confirmed that FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, CAF President, Dr. Patrice Motsepe, FIFA General-Secretary, Fatma Samoura, and other world football dignitaries would be at the six-nation tournament scheduled to hold in Lagos between September 14 and 20, 2021. The football showpiece which is in honour of Nigeria’s First Lady, Her Excellency, Aisha Buhari will have in attendance women football power...

Gianni Infantino Organisers of the Aisha Buhari Invitational Women’s Football Tournament have confirmed that FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, CAF President, Dr. Patrice Motsepe, FIFA General-Secretary, Fatma Samoura, and other world football dignitaries would be at the six-nation tournament scheduled to hold in Lagos between September 14 and 20, 2021. The football showpiece which is in honour of Nigeria’s First Lady, Her Excellency, Aisha Buhari will have in attendance women football power...

Akinwunmi, Falode head Aisha Buhari Cup LOC The Punch Published 25 June 2021 The Nigeria Football Federation on Thursday released the names of members of the Local Organising Committee for the first Aisha Buhari Cup, an invitational women’s football tournament which holds in Nigeria in September. The competition, which is in celebration of 30 years of women’s football in the country, will have South Africa, Cameroon, Mali, Morocco, and Ghana battling in the invitational cham...

The Director of Organisation of Aisha Buhari Invitational Women’s Football Tournament, Aisha Falode, has assured of the determination and preparedness of the committee to deliver a well-organised football showpiece befitting the personality of the First Lady, Aisha Buhari. Africa’s powerhouses in women football – Cameroon, Ghana, South Africa and hosts, Nigeria – including Mali and Morocco who are some of the emerging forces in the game, have confirmed their participation in the maiden ...

Akinwunmi, Falode head Aisha Buhari Cup LOC The Punch Published 25 June 2021 The Nigeria Football Federation on Thursday released the names of members of the Local Organising Committee for the first Aisha Buhari Cup, an invitational women’s football tournament which holds in Nigeria in September. The competition, which is in celebration of 30 years of women’s football in the country, will have South Africa, Cameroon, Mali, Morocco, and Ghana battling in the invitational cham...

Six of the continental’s best women football playing nations including South Africa, Cameroun, Mali, Morocco, and Ghana will converge on Nigeria for the Aisha Buhari Invitational Tournament to be held in September. According to the organisers of the competition, First Lady Aisha Buhari, has endorsed the championship, which is one of the programmes aimed at uplifting the girl-child on the continent. Already, South, Ghana, Cameroun, Mali and...

President of the Nigeria Football Federation and FIFA Council Member, Mr Amaju Melvin Pinnick has heaped plaudits on the Chairman of the Nigeria Women Football League, Aisha Falode and her board for the excellent organization of the just-concluded Super 6 Tournament held in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State. “I must commend Aisha (Falode) and her board for the efforts that went into putting up such a showpiece. It was a fabulous event in all facets and I believe the NWFL as a whole deserve our praise....

The much awaited NWFL Premiership Super Six challenge to determine the 2020/2021 champion and the country’s representative to the WAFU B qualifiers for the CAF Women Champions League 2021 started at the Dipo Dina International Stadium, Ijebu-Ode with fanfare. Expectedly, Nigeria’s top soccer buffs were led to the venue by NFF President and FIFA Council member, Amaju Pinnick, who virtually moved the Federation’s office to Ijebu Ode. The six top clubs showed the class they were made off as ...

The schedule also confirms that the top six clubs will play five matches each during the tournament, with three matches scheduled to take place on the opening matchday, Monday, April 19. The second round of three matches will be held on Tuesday, April 20, and Wednesday, April 21 will be a rest day for all six clubs, while the third round of three fixtures resuming on Thursday, April 22. The fourth round continues on Friday, April 23 before another rest on Saturday, April 24, while the final...

*Bottom eight to battle relegation The board of the Nigeria Women Football League headed by Aisha Falode and the representatives of the 14 NWFL Premiership clubs yesterday in a virtual meeting agreed that the top six teams at the end of the First Round of the ongoing 2020/2021 League season on April 7, 2021, will play in a Super Six Serie to determine the season’s champions. Similarly, the bottom eight clubs at the end of the same period would battle for survival in a play-off, with the last ...