{{short description|Nigerian football club}} {{Infobox football club| | clubname = Niger Tornadoes | image = Niger Tornadoes.png | fullname = Niger Tornadoes Football Club | nickname = Ikon Allah | founded = {{start date and age|1977}} | ground = Bako Kontagora Stadium, Minna, Nigeria| | capacity = 5,000 | chairman = Hon. Adamu Aliyu Mohammed | manager = Daniel Aquino <ref>{{Cite web|title=Tornadoes Coach Bala insists club won't be relegated|url=https://www.npfl.ng/amp/tornadoes-coach-bala-insists-club-wont-be-relegated/|access-date=2022-08-01|website=npfl.ng}}{{Dead link|date=December 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> | league = Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) | season = 2024—25 | position = Nigeria Professional Football League, 13th of 20 | pattern_la1 = | pattern_b1 = _yellowhorizontal | pattern_ra1 = | leftarm1 = ffffff | body1 = ffffff | rightarm1 = ffffff | shorts1 = ffffff | socks1 = ffffff }}
'''Niger Tornadoes Football Club''' is a football club based in Minna, Nigeria. They play in the Nigerian Professional Football League. Their home stadium is Bako Kontagora Stadium. They have also played their home games at Confluence Stadium in Lokoja.
==History== In 2005 they finished in the lower half of the Nigerian Premier League but avoided relegation by three points. The club has suffered financial difficulties, with players complaining of unpaid salaries and bonuses.
After a 0–3 start to the 2008–09 season the entire management was sacked. The replacements for the chairman (David Suleiman) and the manager (Danladi Nasidi) had the same positions at the club from 2004 to 2005 when they finished 13th and 14th in the Premier League. On November 15, the team hired Justin Tenger as technical adviser, a role he had until 2004.
They were relegated from the Premier League in 2012 on goal difference after scoring 38 goals in 36 games. Thirteen of the goals were scored by Sibi Gwar who was the league's top scorer. They won promotion again in 2015 after winning the Nigeria National League.
Niger Tornadoes were promoted back to the top division in 2015. Coach Abdullahi Biffo led them to a promotion spot which they clinched after defeating Mighty Jets F.C. 2–0.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.qed.ng/meet-the-four-teams-promoted-to-the-nigeria-premier-league/|title=Meet the four teams promoted to the Nigeria Premier League|first=Toby|last=Prince|date=September 30, 2015|publisher=qed.ng}}</ref> With two goals from their star forward, Joaco Seleme.
Niger Tornadoes were runners up in the Nigerian FA Cup in 2017 after losing on penalties to Akwa United.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2017/10/16/akwa-utd-defeats-tornadoes-to-win-maiden-aiteo-cup/|title=Akwa Utd Defeats Tornadoes to Win Maiden Aiteo Cup|newspaper=This Day}}</ref>
The club was fined N1 million in 2019 for crowd troubles in a game against Bendel Insurance.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dailytimes.ng/lmc-fines-niger-tornadoes-n1-million-for-crowd-troubles/|title=LMC fines Niger Tornadoes N1 million for crowd troubles|date=February 7, 2015|publisher=Dailytimes.ng}}</ref>
==Achievements== *'''Nigerian FA Cup: 1''' ::2000
*'''National Second Division: 2''' ::1996, 2015
==Performance in CAF competitions== *'''CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearance''' ::2001 – Quarter-finals
*'''WAFU Club Championship: 1 appearance''' ::2010 – Quarter-finals
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Nigerian Premier League}}
Category:Football clubs in Nigeria Category:Association football clubs established in 1977 Category:1977 establishments in Nigeria Category:Niger State