{"id":195478,"date":"2026-02-19T22:58:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T21:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nwfl-sanctions-osun-babes-fc-over-kit-breach-walkover"},"modified":"2026-02-20T00:03:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T23:03:26","slug":"nwfl-sanctions-osun-babes-fc-over-kit-breach-walkover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/nwfl-sanctions-osun-babes-fc-over-kit-breach-walkover","title":{"rendered":"NWFL sanctions Osun Babes FC over kit breach, walkover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigeria Women Football League, NWFL, has imposed a \u20a62.5 million fine and a three-point deduction on Osun Babes Football Club after their scheduled league fixture against FC Robo Queens failed to take place in Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued on Thursday, the league confirmed that the match, billed for Wednesday at Onikan Stadium, could not commence due to the visiting side\u2019s failure to meet kit requirements.<\/p>\n<p>The NWFL said Osun Babes, listed as the away team, did not present an alternative jersey set with properly displayed player names and numbers despite a confirmed colour clash with the home team.<\/p>\n<p>League officials subsequently awarded a walkover to FC Robo Queens in accordance with the competition\u2019s regulations.<\/p>\n<p>NWFL Media Director, Samuel Ahmadu, explained that the club\u2019s actions breached Article 10.3 of the league\u2019s regulatory framework.<\/p>\n<p>The provision requires visiting teams to deploy their second-choice colours whenever there is a kit conflict with the host club.<\/p>\n<p>The statement also noted that Article 10.5 mandates the away side to change kits if the home team appears in its registered first-choice colours.<\/p>\n<p>It added that Osun Babes FC also contravened Article 14.7 after failing to honour the fixture without force majeure or any acceptable explanation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs stipulated by the rules, Osun Babes have been fined \u20a61,000,000 for the jersey infraction and \u20a61,500,000 for failing to fulfill the fixture, bringing the total sanction to \u20a62,500,000,\u201d NWFL said.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the enforcement, NWFL Chief Operating Officer, Modupe Shabi stressed that compliance remains mandatory for all clubs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NWFL remains committed to upholding the highest standards of professionalism and compliance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur regulations are clear, and all clubs are expected to meet their obligations fully to protect the integrity and credibility of the league,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>The league body also reminded Premiership teams to strictly observe operational rules to avoid similar disciplinary measures in future fixtures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Nigeria Women Football League, NWFL, has imposed a \u20a62.5 million fine and a three-point deduction on Osun Babes Football Club after their scheduled league fixture against FC Robo Queens failed to take place in Lagos. In a statement issued on Thursday, the league confirmed that the match, billed for Wednesday at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":195476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-195478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NWFL sanctions Osun Babes FC over kit breach, walkover - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Nigeria Women Football League, NWFL, has imposed a \u20a62.5 million fine and a three-point deduction on Osun Babes Footb ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/nwfl-sanctions-osun-babes-fc-over-kit-breach-walkover\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NWFL sanctions Osun Babes FC over kit breach, walkover\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Nigeria Women Football League, NWFL, has imposed a \u20a62.5 million fine and a three-point deduction on Osun Babes Footb ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/nwfl-sanctions-osun-babes-fc-over-kit-breach-walkover\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-19T21:58:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-19T23:03:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771542176.239309.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"934\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/nwfl-sanctions-osun-babes-fc-over-kit-breach-walkover#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/nwfl-sanctions-osun-babes-fc-over-kit-breach-walkover\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"NWFL sanctions Osun Babes FC over kit breach, walkover\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-19T21:58:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-19T23:03:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/nwfl-sanctions-osun-babes-fc-over-kit-breach-walkover\"},\"wordCount\":326,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/nwfl-sanctions-osun-babes-fc-over-kit-breach-walkover#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771542176.239309.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/nwfl-sanctions-osun-babes-fc-over-kit-breach-walkover#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/nwfl-sanctions-osun-babes-fc-over-kit-breach-walkover\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/nwfl-sanctions-osun-babes-fc-over-kit-breach-walkover\",\"name\":\"NWFL sanctions Osun Babes FC over kit breach, walkover - 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