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NPFL Super 6 Pre-Season Championship: Nigeria’s Continental Clubs Storm Jos for One-Week Football Fiesta

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August 12, 2026

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Jos, Plateau State, is set to become the centre of Nigerian club football as some of the country’s leading teams converge in the city for the 2026 NPFL Super 6 Pre-Season Championship, a one-week tournament designed to prepare Nigeria’s continental representatives for the challenges ahead.

The championship, which kicks off on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, will bring together six prominent clubs, including four teams representing Nigeria in next season’s CAF inter-club competitions. The participating teams are expected to arrive in Jos on Monday, August 17, ahead of the tournament.

Among the clubs heading to the Plateau State capital are Rangers International FC of Enugu and Rivers United FC of Port Harcourt, Nigeria’s representatives in the CAF Champions League, alongside Shooting Stars Sports Club of Ibadan and El-Kanemi Warriors FC of Maiduguri, who will represent the country in the CAF Confederation Cup.

The two remaining slots will be occupied by the host state’s football giants, Plateau United FC and Mighty Jets FC, giving football fans in Jos the opportunity to watch some of the country’s top clubs compete in a high-quality pre-season tournament.

Preparing Nigeria’s Clubs for Continental Challenges

The championship is primarily aimed at ensuring that Nigeria’s representatives in continental competitions are adequately prepared for the demanding fixtures ahead. With Nigerian clubs seeking to make a stronger impression on the continental stage, the Jos tournament is expected to provide the participating teams with valuable competitive action, tactical testing and an opportunity to assess their squads ahead of the new season.

Beyond the continental representatives, the tournament will also provide Plateau United and Mighty Jets with an important platform to sharpen their squads and prepare for their own ambitions on the domestic and continental fronts.

The organisers believe the championship will help improve the competitiveness of Nigerian clubs while contributing to the broader development and promotion of football in the country.

Plateau Reaffirms Its Position as Football Hub

Speaking on the tournament, the Chairman of the Plateau State Football Association, Hon. (Dr.) Prince Suleiman Yahaya Kwande, expressed appreciation to the Plateau State Government for its continued support for sports development in the state.

“I must once again thank the Executive Governor of Plateau State, His Excellency, Barrister Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang, for giving sports, especially our football, an enabling and conducive environment to thrive with his unwavering support. We can’t thank him enough.”

Kwande noted that hosting the championship further demonstrates Plateau State’s growing reputation as one of Nigeria’s important football destinations.

“The hosting of the NPFL Super 6 in Jos further reinforces Plateau State’s growing reputation as a major football hub and destination for sporting excellence in Nigeria.”

Football Fans Invited to Jos

The Plateau State Football Association chairman also called on football lovers and residents of the state to take advantage of the championship and come out to support the participating clubs.

“We therefore warmly invite football lovers, supporters’ groups, youth organizations, sports enthusiasts, and the people of Plateau State to come out in large numbers to support the participating clubs and experience the excitement, competitiveness, and quality of Nigeria’s premier professional football.”

With six clubs bringing together a mixture of experience, ambition and continental aspirations, the tournament is expected to offer football enthusiasts in Jos a week of exciting encounters and quality football.

The 2026 NPFL Super 6 Pre-Season Championship is organised by the Plateau State Football Association (PFA) in conjunction with the Plateau State Ministry of Youth and Sports Development.

As the participating clubs arrive in Jos on August 17, attention will turn to the opening fixtures on Tuesday, August 18, as the Plateau State capital prepares to host what promises to be a significant pre-season football spectacle.

Jos is ready. The clubs are coming. And Nigerian football takes centre stage on the Plateau. ⚽🔥

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Peter Obi: Labour Party won 2023 presidential election – AA’s Joseph Faduri

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September 24, 2026

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A presidential aspirant of the Action Alliance, AA, Joseph Faduri, on Thursday insisted that the Labour Party (LP) won the 2023 presidential election.

Faduri disclosed this while recalling how he informed the then LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi, that he would win after handing over the party’s flag to him.

Recall that Obi came third behind former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who contested on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and eventual winner President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had announced Tinubu of the APC as the winner of the election after he polled 37 percent of the votes, while Atiku got 29 percent and Obi got 25 percent.

“So, if a kangaroo judgment was obtained from the High Court and the authentic leader of the party, Kenneth Udeze, went to a Court of Appeal in Abuja to say, ‘No, that man is not the authentic leader of the party,’ and the court upheld that, then you will imagine that an INEC Chairman, who is supposed to be a referee, should obey a court order.

“But instead of obeying the order of the Court of Appeal, the INEC Chairman is sticking with the old order of the High Court and refusing to obey the Court of Appeal, and the reason is best known to him.”

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Anthony Joshua Drills Himself In Gruesome Training With ‘Ancient Stretching Technique’

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September 24, 2026

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Nigerian-born former two-time world heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Olaseni Oluwafemi Joshua has stepped up his training routine with some gruesome drills ahead of his long-awaited grudge fight with fellow-Briton, Tyson Fury later this year.

Sports247 gathered that, in order not to be caught off guard by the very resilient Fury during their hugely expected bout in December, Joshua has resorted to an ancient method of stretching his body to the limit, while staying in peak shape.

Joshua, who has always been known to devote himself to tough physical drills during training, is keeping himself trim for the clash with the help of an ancient stretching machine, as the countdown gets tighter towards their epic bout in Cardiff, Wales on December 11th.

With the fight’s venue eventually taken away from Madison Square Garden in New York, USA, after Joshua’s camp held firm on it holding in the UK, the London 2012 Olympic Games gold medalist wants to take full advantage of stepping out on familiar terrain.

Before Cardiff was eventually chosen, both boxers continued raising contrasting views and exchanged hostile banter but, with the issue now solved, Joshua has shared a video of himself hooked up to a modern-day version of an ancient body suspension and stretching kit.

A report by UK’s SunSport adds, “In medieval times, Slavic martial artists and warriors would use a version of the machine to strengthen their tendons and open up their joints to stay combat-ready.

“Joshua looks to be just that after having his limbs and back contorted by the gruelling apparatus. At one point in the video, AJ was suspended in the air by his arms and legs (then) effortlessly twisting his core and lower back nearly 180 degrees.”

Sports247 reports further that it us now left to be seen if the unorthodox fitness technique would be good enough not only to keep ‘AJ’ in peak shape but also build his staying power, ahead of what could jolly well be a long night in the roped square with ‘The Gypsy King.’