The 15,000-capacity Pa-Ngele Oruta Township Stadium in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, is expected to erupt with excitement as Abakaliki FC, nicknamed "The Rice Boys," take on Madiba FC of Lagos, also known as "The Oshodi Boys," in the Conference B Nigeria National League (NNL) 2024 curtain raiser. Abakaliki FC, formed in October 2024 by the Ebonyi State government, will face a stiff challenge from Madiba FC, who finished third in the […]
The Chairman of board of the Nigeria National League, NNL, George Aluo has revealed that the league will be shown live on local TV stations starting next season. Aluo, a former member of the NFF World Cup and Media Committee stated this on a popular administrators-filled sports platform, Sports World. According to him, the conventional TV coverage and broadcast of the NNL are aimed at attracting more sponsors to the […]
Nigeria National League (NNL) on Thursday paid a courtesy visit to the Director General and Chief Executive Officer ,Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN), Dr.Mustapha Abdullahi seeking to partner with the Commission on areas of mutual consent. The Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria's second tire League, Emmanuel Attah led the NNL delegation to the central Area office of the Commission in Abuja. Attah thanked the President of the Federal Republic of […]
Nigeria National League (NNL) Board has announced the postponement of the kick off date for the 2023/2024 league season. The 2023/24 league season was set to kick off on Saturday, October 28, according to the NNL, was postponed to enable clubs conclude registration for the new season. Also Read: Paris 2024: Super Falcons Held To A 1-1 Draw By Ethiopia Head of NNL media committee Dr. Emeka Odikpo, who was a […]
The board of Nigeria National League ( NNL) has honoured some distinguished and sports loving Nigerians for their support for the just concluded coaches seminar held in Ikenne, Ogun State. This was done on Wednesday to climax the coaches refresher Course seminar. Speaking while presenting the awards to the recipients during the closing ceremony of the seminar, Chairman of NNL, George Aluo said they were singled out for recognition because […]
Coaches who participated in the just concluded Nigeria National League (NNL) refresher course are still counting their blessings for being part of the course even as they have commended the board of the second tier league led by George Aluo for their foresight in repositioning the league through training and retraining of coaches. NNL in conjunction with the National Institute For Sports (NIS) organised a three day refresher course for […]
Nigeria National League (NNL) has penciled down seventeen(17) Stadiums for final phase of inspection ahead of the 28 October kick off date for the 2023/24 season. A team of special facility inspectors/ compliant Officers have been assigned to carry out thorough inspection of the facilities as follows: 1.U.J Esuene Stadium,Calabar Cross Rivers 2.MKO Abiola Stadium,Abeokuta Ogun State 3. Dipo Dina Stadium,Ijebu Ode 4.Ole Township Stadium,Delta State 5.Oshogbo Township Stadium,Oshogbo 6.Soun […]
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has appointed Dr. Ayo Hammed Abdulrahman as the Chief Operating Officer of Nigeria National League (NNL). Dr. Abdulrahman takes the place of Emmanuel Adesanya who previously occupied the position in the nation’s most important league. Adesanya retired from the Federal Civil Service after attaining the age of 60 years. The new Chief Operating Office previously worked as deputy director in the NFF Competitions Department. Also […]
The Nigerian National League, NNL, has mandated all clubs participating in the 2023/2024 season to conduct three(3) compulsory pre-competition medical tests for their players and officials ahead of the Saturday 28 October Kick off date. This information was passed through the NNL Media and Communications department on Tuesday to all forty (40) clubs to be involved in the new league season. Requirement for the clubs are to run one Pre-competition […]
