The 2025/26 Nigeria Women Football League Premiership (NWFL) reaches its climax after months of competition, twists and defining moments as giants and dreamers arrive in Port Harcourt in pursuit of the ultimate prize in Nigerian women’s football.
At the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, from 6 to 14 June, the top three teams that emerged from both groups in the regular season will fight for the title, with the champions earning not only domestic glory but also the opportunity to represent Nigeria in the WAFU B qualifiers for the CAF Women’s Champions League, the gateway to FIFA’s Women’s Champions Cup.
As always, the Super Six is about more than football. It is about pressure, redemption, ambition and history, and this year’s edition has all four.
Bayelsa Queens: Chasing a Dynasty
The defending champions arrive in Port Harcourt with a target on their backs.
Bayelsa Queens reclaimed the title last season and now have the opportunity to secure back-to-back championships while pursuing a seventh league crown. Few clubs have matched their consistency in recent years, but success often brings its own challenges.
Every team wants to defeat the champions, and over five demanding matches, Bayelsa Queens must prove once again why they remain the standard-bearers of the league.
Edo Queens: A Return to the Summit
Champions in 2024, Edo Queens know exactly what it takes to conquer the Super Six and are aiming to prove their breakthrough season was no fluke.
After surrendering the title to Bayelsa Queens last season, the Benin-based side returns with renewed determination and the experience of what it takes to go all the way.
Still built on a disciplined and well-drilled core, Edo Queens remain one of the most balanced sides in the competition. The challenge now is to show that their rise to the top was the beginning of sustained success, not a one-off triumph.
Rivers Angels: Home Soil, High Expectations
Few teams enter the competition with a greater sense of occasion than Rivers Angels.
Playing in Port Harcourt presents a unique opportunity for one of the most successful clubs in the NWFL Premiership. Backed by home supporters and familiar surroundings, Rivers Angels will hope to turn home advantage into championship success, their first league title since the 2020/21 season.
Yet home support can be both a blessing and a burden. Expectations will be high, and the hosts must embrace them if they are to lift the trophy on home soil.
Nasarawa Amazons: One Point Short, One More Chance
If there is a team carrying unfinished business into the Super Six, it is Nasarawa Amazons.
Last season, the Amazons fell agonisingly short of the title, finishing just one point behind eventual champions Bayelsa Queens. It was a painful ending to a remarkable campaign and a reminder of how unforgiving the Super Six format can be.
Twelve months later, Christopher Danjuma’s side has another opportunity to go one step further and clinch their third league title.
FC Robo Queens: Chasing a Historic First
For all their contributions to Nigerian women’s football, one achievement continues to elude FC Robo Queens.
The Lagos club has developed some of the country’s finest players and built a reputation as one of the league’s most respected institutions. However, the NWFL title has never found its way to their trophy cabinet.
The Super Six presents another opportunity to change that narrative and transform years of promise into history.
Abia Angels: The Dream Debut
Every Super Six needs a fresh story, and this year that story belongs to Abia Angels.
The Aba-based side qualified for the season-ending championship for the first time in their history, marking a significant milestone for the club. While many may view them as outsiders, tournament football has a habit of producing surprises.
With no burden of expectation and everything to gain, Abia Angels could prove to be one of the competition’s most intriguing teams.
Firepower Factor
One of the defining features of this season has been the race for goals, and it now comes into sharp focus in the Super Six. Atume Doosuur of Edo Queens leads with 12 goals, with Abasiofon Uwah of Rivers Angels close behind on 10.
Remarkably, eight of the top nine goalscorers from the NWFL Premiership regular season are in Port Harcourt, setting up a stretch where the league’s most dangerous attackers will directly influence the title race.
There are champions seeking to extend their legacy, former winners chasing redemption, a host club dreaming of glory, a side fuelled by last season’s heartbreak, and two clubs chasing a first-ever title.
Six teams have earned the right to dream, but only one team will leave Port Harcourt as champions.
