A 10-man Interim Management Committee (IMC) has been constituted by the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports to oversee the affairs of the Nigerian premier league. The committee will function until a substantive professional league board is put in place. The Ministry said the decision was in line with the 10-year football Master Plan approved by President Muhammadu Buhari towards …

The Board of the League Management Company (LMC) Limited has said that it is discussing with the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development (FMYSD) to resolve the issues that necessitated the Ministry withdrawing recognition of the LMC. In a statement on Friday by the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Alhaji Ismaila Abubakar, the Ministry declared that the Federal Government would no …

Another round of crisis has hit Nigerian football. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), which is due to elect a new leadership 30 September after witnessing delay, has smashed the hammer on the League Management Company, incorporated by the NFF in 2012 in place of the Nigeria Football League. A statement on Friday by the Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry …

Participating clubs in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) have been reminded that only those that submitted for the club licencing process within the stipulated time frame would be registered to play in the 2022/23 season. Chief Executive Officer of the League Management Company (LMC), Davidson Owumi also told the clubs that arrangements had been concluded for stadium and facilities …

A rash of unilateral and illegal termination of players contracts by teams in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) has drawn the ire of the League Management Company (LMC) which issued a circular last week, resolving to resolve all outstanding cases brought to its attention. The circular to clubs was signed by the LMC Chief Executive Officer, Davidson Owumi who …

Rivers United celebrated their first topflight league title in Port Harcourt pipping Gombe United 1-0. But it was in Ibadan and other locations where the fans of Shooting Stars were gathered that the celebration was loudest. The Oluyole Warriors survived just marginally. Despite losing away to Kano Pillars 1-2, Shooting Stars had Wikki Tourists thank for handing Katsina United a …

Season ends with one more team to be relegated  Focus will be on six centres as the curtain is drawn on the 2021/22 season of the Nigeria Professional Football League this Sunday. From either of two venues – Owerri and Ikenne-Remo – will emerge one of Nigeria’s two representatives in next season’s CAF Confederation Cup, while one of the other …

Four-time Nigerian premier league champions, Kano Pillars have been relegated. And this happened even before the last matches of the 2021/22 season are played across 10 centres on Sunday. Pillars lost their case at the Appeals Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), which dismissed all grounds of appeal by, meaning that the Court of Arbitration for Sports in Switzerland …

The journey that started in December last year terminates on Sunday in 10 different centres where the last matches of the 2021/22 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) will be played. Already, Rivers United have emerged the champions, winning the title for the first time since the fusion of Sharks and Dolphins FC into one. Plateau United, who gave a chase …

By Damiete Sanipe Plateau United confirmed their season-long status as No 2 in the Nigeria Professional Football League and will join new champions Rivers United to represent the country in the CAF Champions League next season. This is as at least four teams jostle for one continental spot and about seven others battle for survival in the relegation zone, all …