Chairman of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), Hon Gbenga Elegbeleye has explained that clubs in the league stand to reap financial benefits in the future from the partnership with Spanish side, Sevilla FC. Elegbeleye spoke from Spain where he travelled to put pen to paper in formalising the collaboration that would see NPFL clubs…
Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) and Spanish LaLiga club, Sevilla FC has reached a deal to collaborate on training of Coaches and development of youth football players of NPFL clubs. The arrangement is part of the globalisation process by the Spanish club to grow its fanbase across the world and particularly to tap into the…
Chairman of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) Hon. Gbenga Elegbeleye has expressed grief on the passing of two former frontline investors in club ownership in the country. Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu and Senator Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah ranks amongst private investors in the NPFL through club ownership at different dispensations in League football in the country….
Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) head coach, Gbenga Ogunbote, has extended his time at the Ibadan until 2026. The former Rangers and Sunshine Stars manager put pen to paper this following weeks of discussion with the club management. Ogunbote expressed excitement at continuing with the project at 3SC after he rejoined the side in 2023…
Niger Tornadoes attacking winger, Bashir Usman, has penned a two-year deal with reigning Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) champions, Rangers International ahead of the 2024/25 season billed to start on August 31. The Flying Antelopes have been busy in the off-season transfer window strengthening their playing personnel as the prepare to defend their NPFL title…
A two-week development camp opened in Abuja for the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) Youth League All-stars. The 30 players who arrived camp on Sunday, July 21 and are staying at the Goodluck Jonathan Athletes Performance Hostel inside the FIFA Goal Project of the MKO Abiola National Stadium in Abuja. They are made up of…
Rangers International and El-Kanemi Warriors are to play in the star game to kick start the 2024/25 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) season, which kicks off on August 31. At the Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Abuja, the President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau announced that communication aides would be provided…
A minute silence was observed at the Annual General Meeting of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) in honour of the late House of Representatives member, Hon. Ekene Abubakar Adams who died in the early hours of Tuesday. Hon Gbenga Elegbeleye, the Chairman of the NPFL described the National Assembly member as a committed stakeholder…
By Akintunde Akinsemola The name of Rivers United youngster Seiyefa Jackson has been on the lips of most Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) followers, but in the Southwest town of Akure, another teenager and graduate from the NPFL Youth League has wormed his way into the hearts of Sunshine Stars selectors and supporters this season. …
A major standout achievement in less than one year of the inauguration of the Board of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) has been in organising of the NPFL Youth League. Beyond successfully setting up the league in conjunction with the 20 member clubs, some products of the league have gone ahead to join the…