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NNL to kick off on January 30 NNL to kick off on January 30 th January, 2021. This decision was reached at the Annual General Meeting of the league, which held in the Ebonyi State capital, Abakaliki on Friday. Chairman of the NNL and Member of the Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation, Senator Obinna Joseph Ogba and his board presided over proceedings where the draws for the groupings and fixtures were made in the presence of representatives of the 46 teams involved. Dr Ayo Abdulrahaman, Head of the AITEO Cup competition, represented the NFF General Secretary, Dr Mohammed S...

Punch Newspapers Sections Johnny Edward Shooting Stars Sports Club of Ibadan will take on Rovers FC of Calabar in the season opener of the 2020/21 Nigerian National League season, Saturday PUNCH reports. The NNL kicks off on January 30, the organisers of the league state,d during their Annual General Meeting on Friday in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. Both teams have been drawn in Southern Conference Group B1 alongside 10 other clubs, namely Go Round, Akajobi, Stores, Giant Brillars, Dynamite, Ekiti United, Delta Force, Vandrezzer, Nilayo and Nnewi United. The Oluyole Warriors, who were relegated ...

Lekki Toll Gate In difficult and trying times like these, such as we are presently experiencing in Nigeria, it becomes incumbent on patriots to ‘be extremely circumspect, even advisedly taciturn, in making public comments on trending burning issues.       This is to prevent further pouring petrol on an already blazing inferno. But, I am now forced to do this follow-up write-up after three earlier major outings on the #EndSARS protests by deprived, ignored, marginalised and repressed angry Nigerian youths.     This intervention is centred on what I call the “Lekki Toll Gate Massacr...

Lekki Toll Gate In difficult and trying times like these, such as we are presently experiencing in Nigeria, it becomes incumbent on patriots to ‘be extremely circumspect, even advisedly taciturn, in making public comments on trending burning issues.       This is to prevent further pouring petrol on an already blazing inferno. But, I am now forced to do this follow-up write-up after three earlier major outings on the #EndSARS protests by deprived, ignored, marginalised and repressed angry Nigerian youths.     This intervention is centred on what I call the “Lekki Toll Gate Massacr...

NPFL: To be or not to be? On Nigerian Professional Football League By Jacob Ajom The Nigerian Professional Football League officially began in 1990, following the full consideration and implementation of the report of the Nathaniel Idowu-led Committee. The report includes, among other things, a business-oriented approach to the running of professional football in Nigeria. This was supposed to reflect in the manner clubs are run, players’ remuneration and the league. Clubs were given a five-year grace to build their own stadiums; clubs were supposed to go public and sell shares in the capit...