Nigeria, March 9 -- The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has announced a N1 million fine for clubs that fail to honour matches in the national preliminary stage of the 2026 President's Federation Cup.

The federation disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday.

Director of Competitions, Ruth David, also confirmed that the state preliminary rounds of the country's oldest football competition will be held between 22 March and 26 April.

According to the NFF, the state preliminaries will kick off on Sunday, 22 March, across the country as teams compete for places in the national phase of the tournament.

Mrs David warned that clubs that fail to honour fixtures after registering for the competition at the state level will face sanctions....