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EXCLUSIVE: Super Falcons depart Novotel Mohamedia camp for WAFCON hotel  

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.I Women’s Football Journalist After one week and two days of training camp in Mohammedia, Nigeria’s Super Falcons will depart their Novotel Mohamedia temporary abode this morning for the bustling City of Casablanca, venue of their three group matches. Prompt News exclusively gathered that the 24-player roster, technical crew led by the head coach Justine Madugu, ...

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WAFCON: The Making Of Africa’s Biggest Women’s Football Tournament 

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Before 1990, not much was known or heard about women’s football at the continental level as only a few countries in Africa actually had organised women’s football structure, a situation which may have forced the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to pay little attention to the development of the women’s game in ...

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NFF extends tenure of NPFL, NNL and NLO boards

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja The Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation has opted to extend the tenure of the present boards of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), Nigeria National League (NNL) and the Nigeria Nationwide League One (NLO) till the end of the tenure of the present NFF administration headed by Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau (MON).  The ...

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How Madugu’s 7 changes propelled Super Falcons to 3-1 defeat of Black Queens in WAFCON friendly

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Super Falcons head coach Justin Madugu made several changes to the starting XI as Nigeria’s preparations for the 13th CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), holding in Morocco from July 5 to 26, 2025, received a big boost on Sunday evening after the Super Falcons hammered West African arch-rivals Black Queens ...

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CAF to launch a new Trophy for ahead of this weekend’s WAFCON Kick-off

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.I Women Football Journalist Ahead of this weekend’s kick-off of the highly-anticipated TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) Morocco 2024 on Saturday, the Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) has announced that it will launch a new trophy for the biggest women’s football competition in the continent as part of the effort to elevate Women’s ...

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WAFCON 2024: Morocco-based Nigerian player, Ginika pays visit to Super Falcons Mohammedia camp

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist For the love of father land, Morocco-based Nigerian player, Ginika Ikeh has paid a solidarity visit to her colleagues in their training camp in Mohammedia to pledge her support for their quest to win the CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) for a record 10th time in Morocco. Ginika, who currently ...

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WAFCON:Super Falcons intensify training as fight for starting XI hot up

 By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Less than 48 hours to the top of the bill pre-competition international friendly match against Ghana’s Black Queens on Sunday at Lanoria Complex in Benslimane, Morocco, fierce fight has intensified among the 24-player squad over a place in the starting line up of the Super Falcons. This is even as Chinwendu Veronica ...

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JUST IN: Full-strength Super Falcons start training in Casablanca

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Nigeria’s Super Falcons will commence full training sessions with all the invited players, a few hours after the  team arrived in Casablanca for their final preparations for the 13th Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) holding in Morocco from July 5 to 26, 2025, Prompt News reports. The nine-time African champions, after ...

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