2023/2024 NPFL Season to Kick off August 26

In the bid to align the Nigerian club football season along with the European schedule, the 2023/2024 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) has been fixed to kickoff on August 26.

Chairman of the Nigeria NPFL, Hon. Gbenga Elegbeleye, announced this in Lagos last night.

The prize money for the winner is N150 million.

Enyimba International FC of Aba are the champions of the 2022/2023 season played on an abridged format with the season ending in a Super 6 playoffs in Lagos.

Meanwhile, the Chairman of the Nigeria Premier League Club Owners Association, Dr. Okey Kpalukwu, has said the body will support the newly inaugurated NPFL board for the growth of the league.

Dr. Kpalukwu stated this in an interview shortly after the inauguration of the NPFL board by the President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau.

Kpalukwu who doubles as the General Manager of Rivers United reiterated the commitment of the body to the NPFL board towards the development of the league.

“Club Owners will support the new board inaugurated recently by the NFF to see to the development of the league in its entirety,” he assured at the inauguration of the NPFL board in Abuja.

The newly inaugurated NPFL Board Members include; Hon. Gbenga Elegbeleye as Chairma; Mr Domnic Iorfa; Mr Daniel Amokachi; Dr Okey Kpalakwu; Mallam Suleiman Umar; Barr Pourbeni  Ogun; and Mallam Muhammed Nasiru Sa’idu as members. Barr. Ibrahim Danlami will serve as Secretary/Legal Adviser of the board.