By Harry Awurumibe,  Editor, Abuja Bureau Host country Morocco bounced back from the brink of defeat to snatch a heartwarming 2-2 draw in the opening match of the 13th Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) played at Olympic Stadium in Rabat. Reigning African Best Player of the Year, Women, Barbra Banda put the Copper Queens in front in just 2′ ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No. I Women Football Journalist Twenty-four hours to the kick-off of the 13th Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), formerly known as the African Women Championship (AWC), the entire African continent, especially ardent football followers and women’s game in particular owe a huge gratitude to the foresight of past leadership  of the Confederation of African Football ...

Nine-time champions Nigeria loom larger than any other participant as the 13th Women Africa Cup of Nations finals begin in the Kingdom of Morocco on Saturday.  Winners of the inaugural edition that their country hosted in 1998, the Super Falcons also took home the diadem in 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2016 and 2018, and look forward to the ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja                                                                                                                ...