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NPFL Playoffs: Enyimba clinch record-extending ninth title

NPFL: 2023-24 season gets new kickoff date, prize money boost

The 2023-24 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) will commence this Saturday, September 30 following an announcement by the league body on Monday. The league was initially supposed to kick off August 26 only to be shifted to September 9 and was once again postponed due to issues around securing sponsorship. Davidson Owumi, the Chief Operating Officer of the Nigeria Premier League (NPL) Limited, revealed in a...

Confederation Cup: Edo State Governor Obaseki drums support for Bendel Insurance

Confederation Cup: Edo State Governor Obaseki drums support for Bendel Insurance

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki is leading support for Bendel Insurance's CAF Confederation Cup fixture against RS Berkane on Sunday. Governor Obaseki, through the Chairman of Edo state Sports Commission - Yusuf Alli, declared that there will be free rides and tickets for residents of the state at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium. Alli alongside Chief Press Secretary to Edo State governor, Mr Andrew Okungbowa briefed the...

Naija Super 8: Sporting Lagos defeat Remo Stars to win ₦25 million grand prize

Naija Super 8: Sporting Lagos defeat Remo Stars to win ₦25 million grand prize

Newly-promoted Nigeria Premier Football League side, Sporting Lagos defeated 2023 NPFL runners-up Remo Stars 4-2 on penalties to emerge champions of the maiden edition of the Naija Super 8 on Sunday and also bag the ₦25 million prize money. Both sides were evenly matched in the first half of the exhilarating encounter at the fully-packed Mobolaji Johnson Arena during which an early effort from Saturday Okon...

NPFL: IMC announces new date for Super Six tournament 

NPFL: IMC announces new date for Super Six tournament 

The Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) on Monday, announced a new date for the upcoming Super Six competition. The Super Six tournament, which will determine the winner of the 2022–23 abridged NPFL season, will take place from June 2nd to June 11th. Despite the competition already being postponed twice, the IMC reiterated that the Mobolaji Johnson Arena in Onikan, Lagos,...

CAFCC: Rivers United clash against DC Motema postponed

Confederation Cup: CAF to inspect Rivers United’s home ground again

The Confederation of African Football will carry out a fresh inspection on the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, the home ground of Nigeria Premier Football League reigning champions Rivers United. Stanley Eguma’s side are in the quarter-finals of the Confederation Cup, having played all their home group games at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium. Ahead of their first leg clash against Tanzanian Premier League side Young Africans on...