The Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) has made the possession of Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) B licence mandatory for any head coach to sit on the bench in its league match. With Saturday’s kickoff of the 2023/24 season just three days away, the NPFL announced further activities, explaining that the requirement is part of the its determination to improve …

Matchday secret assessment of referees is to make a return as the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) kickoff this Saturday in all the scheduled fixtures. Secret assessors are representatives of the league sent for covert check on performance of match Officials. NPFL Chief Operating Officer, Davidson Owumi announced the scheme as part of the league body’s steps towards improving officiating. …

The 2023/24 season of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) will no longer kicked off this Saturday, as scheduled. According to the NPFL Board, the postponement was necessitated by the “need to have members focus on the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) which holds in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State” on Sunday. NPFL had earlier announced …

Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) curtain raiser fixture in Ibadan will be the only game to hold on Saturday, 9th September, which is the opening day of the 2023/24 season. Shooting Stars will host 2020/21 champions, Plateau United at the Lekan Salami Stadium in Adamasingba, Ibadan. NPFL Chairman, Hon. Gbenga Elegbeleye told league media outfit, the NPFL Media that the …

Draw for the 2023/24 season of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) will hold on Tuesday, 29th August on the heels of the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Board and the 20 clubs. It will be the first AGM under the newly inaugurated leadership of Hon. Gbenga Elegbeleye, who was made substantive Chairman of Board after successfully steering the …

Clubs in the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) have been reminded that they should commence club licensing processes for the 2023/24 season, which has been scheduled to commence on the weekend of 26th to 27th August. Following the submission of the season’s report by the Interim Management Committee (IMC) to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), clubs that qualified for the …