Club Owners insist on straight season for 2024/25 Nigeria Premier Football League

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde

The top-flight club owners have agreed to go on a straight season for the 2024/2025

There have been speculations that next season the league will be an abridged format.

The decision was taken during the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the NPFL on Tuesday.

This was touted as a result of the paucity of funds and lack of title sponsorship for the league.

“I can confidently tell you that the 2024/25 NPFL season will be a full format and not an abridged one,” Rivers United General Manager, Okey Kpalukwu told reporters on day one of the NPFL annual general meeting in Lagos on Tuesday.

The new season has been tentatively fixed to kick off on Saturday 31 August 2024.

Meanwhile, the draw for the 2024/2025 season was made with holders Rangers International FC starting their defence against newly promoted El-Kanemi Warriors.

Remo Stars will face Abia Warriors away from home while newly promoted Beyond Limits will welcome Enyimba FC to Ikenne.

MD 1 FULL FIXTURES
Lobi Stars Vs Akwa United
Abia Warriors v Remo
Beyond Limits v Enyimba
Bendel Insurance v Rivers
Kano Pillars v Ikorodu City
Sunshine v Bayelsa
Rangers v El Kanemi Warriors
Nasarawa Utd v 3SC
Plateau Utd v Katsina Utd

Oluwaseun Oyediji

Oluwaseun Babatunde Oyediji is a multi-media sports journalist with over 10 years experience in Information Communication Technology (ICT), women's football, and beach soccer reportage.The prolific writer is the Media Assistant to Nigeria Beach Soccer League and Africa Beach Soccer Union as well as contributor on Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) website.He has covered multiple national and international football tournaments including Championship of African Nations (CHAN 2020), CAF Women's Champions League (2023), and Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2023).Since 2021, Oyediji has covered the NWFL Premiership especially the season ending Super Six Playoffs.A member of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Ogun state chapter is also the image maker of the Remo Sports Development Council under the leadership of Chief Falilat Ogunkoya and David Osuolale.

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