The management of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) has set a benchmark of N10 million insurance policy for players of the 20 Premier League clubs, beginning from the 2022/2023 league season. In a letter dated 10th November 2022 and signed by the Head of Operations, Prince Davidson Owumi, the clubs in the top flight were informed that the minimum …

The inaugural meeting between the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) and the 20 participating clubs has been scheduled for next Monday in Abuja. According to the Head of Operations, Davidson Owumi, the meeting will hold from 6 pm at the Sandralia Hotel. Although no agenda was listed in the notice of invitation, it is …

Coach Rasheed Alani Adegbenro has returned to Nigeria after three seasons in the highly competitive league in Somalia. In an exclusive interview with Sportspro News Publisher, Bayour Issah in Ilorin, Adegbenro described the league as a well organised even as the standard may be low in terms of performance index at the level of Confederation Cup and Champions league in …

An orientation workshop for the four promoted clubs from the Nigeria National League to the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) will hold in Abuja on Wednesday. The workshop to be flagged off by NPFL’s Head of Operations, Davidson Owumi is scheduled to hold at Sandralia Hotel in Jabi, Abuja. In attendance will be officials of Doma United, El-Kanemi Warriors, Bendel …

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 …

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 …

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 …