President Federation Cup  2025: All registered women’s teams qualify for Round of 32

***As 11 Northern states fail to participate in football fiesta

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau

No fewer than 33 women’s football clubs that registered to take part in the women’s category of the 2025 President Federation Cup  National Draw scheduled for Lagos on March 12, 2025, have qualified for the Round of 32 without kicking a ball, Prompt News exclusively gathered.

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Director of Competitions, Ms Ruth David disclosed that unlike in the men’s category where the 74 qualified clubs from the 36 states and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) will start the campaign from the National Play-Off stage, the 33 teams in the women’s category will start the battle for the ultimate trophy from the Round of 32.

According to the NFF top official, all the 33 registered clubs in the 2025 President Federation Cup women’s category will be drawn to start from the Round of 32, although it was not clear what will happen to the one extra team after the pairing of the 32 out of 33 teams.

Meanwhile,  11 states in the Northern region of Nigeria and three from the South failed to register a club for the oldest football competition in the country. They include  Benue, Borno, Cross River, Ekiti, Jigawa, Gombe, Kano, Katsina, and  Kebbi. Others are Niger, Oyo, Sokoto,Taraba, Yobe, and Zamfara states, respectively.

However, all the five states in the South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria sponsored at least one team for the  2025 President Federation Cup National Play-Off with almost all the states in South-SouthSouth-West registering two cubs at the national level.

Below is the list of States and their Clubs:

*Abia*: Ahudiyannem FC

*Adamawa*: Adamawa Queens

*Akwa Ibom*: Ibom Queens  & Jacklyn Angus

*Anambra*: GP World Nnewi

*Bayelsa*: Bayelsa Queens & Crystal Stars

*Delta*: Delta Queens & Delta Babes FC

*Ebonyi*: First Mahi Babes

*Edo*: Edo Queens & Fortress Ladies

*Enugu*: Queen of Seftlanding

*FCT*: Naija Ratels & N. Youth Ladies

*Imo*: Heartland Queens FC

*Kaduna*: Gallant Queens & Kada Queens

*Kogi*: Confluence Queens

*Kwara*: Moje Queens & Kwara Ladies FC

*Lagos*: Dannaz Queens & Unification Ladies FC

*Nasarawa*: Nasarawa Amazons

*Ogun*: Remo Ladies & Castmag Ladies FC

*Ondo*: Sunshine Queens & Orimarg Ladies

*Osun*: Osun Babes FC

*Plateau*: Plateau Utd Queens & Mighty Jets Mata

*Rivers*: Rivers Angels & Sporting Angels FC.