Nigeria, Jan. 8 -- The Nigeria Women's Football League has drawn a hard line in the sand.

Barely 24 hours after scenes of disorder rocked the NWFL Premiership in Uyo, the league body moved decisively, slamming Ibom Angels FC with heavy sanctions following crowd disturbances and the assault on Bayelsa Queens players and officials.

The ruling, announced on Thursday, 8 January 2026, came after the league reviewed match officials' reports and video evidence from the fiery encounter played a day earlier, 7 January 2026, at the Uyo Township Stadium in Akwa Ibom State.

What should have been another competitive chapter in Nigeria's top-flight women's league spiralled into chaos when supporters of Ibom Angels were found to have encroached onto ...