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 …

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 Fisayo Dairo Port Harcourt, the biggest city in South-South Nigeria, has enjoyed its fair share of footballing successes well etched in the annals of history of the country. From the Eagle Cement of the 90s to Dolphins in the 2000s, the famed Garden City has had football glory embedded in its aesthetic and aquatic splendour. As the curtains fall …

The registration of the team that will represent Nigeria in next season’s CAF Confederation through the Nigeria Professional Football League has again been delayed. What changed between the last Matchday and now is that the list of contenders for that slot has now been reduced to just two as the teams go into the last Matchday next Sunday. That candidate …