Nigeria, Aug. 19 -- The Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) has confirmed that the 2025 NWFL Championship, the nation's second-tier women's league competition, will hold in Abia State from 11 to 21 September; a decisive tournament that will shape the next campaign of women's elite football in Nigeria.

This year's edition continues the NWFL's busy 2025 calendar, following the successful staging of the 2024/25 Premiership Super Six earlier in Ikenne.

Unlike the glamour of the Premiership, however, the Championship remains the most competitive proving ground, a brutal promotion battleground where only four clubs will climb into the top flight.

Confirming the development on Monday, 18 August, NWFL Chief Operating Officer Modupe Shabi reve...