By Daily Sports on December 24, 2015
The new Nigeria league season will kick off on January 31 with a fixtures’ draw slated for January 15, officials have announced.
Enyimba won a seventh Nigeria championship in November and along with runners-up Warri Wolves will represent the country in the 2016 CAF Champions League with the preliminary rounds of the competition fixed for February.
Third-placed Nasarawa United and Federation Cup winners Akwa United will feature in next year’s Confederation Cup.
Bayelsa United, FC Taraba, Kwara United and Sharks were relegated.
Niger Tornadoes, Plateau United, MFM FC and Ikorodu United have been promoted to the Nigerian top flight from the lower Nigeria National League (NNL).
•Sourced from MTNFootball.com. Photo shows League Management Company CEO, Shehu Dikko.
Source Daily Sports
Posted December 24, 2015
You may also like...
Drogba Submits Candidacy To Become Ivory Coast FA...
Okagbare Loses Appeal, Begins Four-Year Ban Over Banned...
Pogba Open To Juventus Return After Euros —...
D’Tigress begin US tour with historic Sparks clash...
Chelsea Set to Complete £40m Kovacic Deal Despite...
Buhari hails Super Eagles for beating Sudan
Messi scores on injury return as Argentina beat Iceland in World Cup warm-up
Iwobi to join Yobo, Enyeama, Musa on 100 Nigeria caps
Omewa happy to open Falcons goal account
World Cup: Enyimba, Remo to benefit from FIFA’s $355m windfall
Nigerian-Born Stars Set to Shine in the US, Canada and Mexico
Omewa brace powers Falcons past Senegal
Joshua open to Itauma fight
NWFL Super Six: Edo Queens’ beat FC Robo 4-1
FG, Onyema to immortalise Keshi
7TH U-13 JOF CUP: VI FOOT IJORA, SET UP FINAL CLASH WITH FORTUNE FA OSHODI
Major Boost For Anambra Football As NFF Approves Federation Cup Quarter-Final In Awka
SWAN, Anambra FA Resolve Over 2-year Feud
Most Read
Rangers International going, going . . . (63,844 views)
Amaju Pinnick: A cat with nine lives (55,174 views)
Second Term: Amaju Pinnick, Other NFF Heavyweights Home to Roost •How Pinnick Broke the Jinx (53,125 views)
Current issues in Nigerian sports: Matters arising (52,693 views)
Sports Development: Zenith Bank on the zenith (52,596 views)
Missing $150,000 IAAF Grant: Solomon Dalung’s Hide and Seek game (52,494 views)
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje’s solid footprints, commitment to sports development in Kano State (52,329 views)
NFF Presidency: Pinnick, Maigari, Ogunjobi, Okoye in Battle for Supremacy (51,894 views)
Olopade, BET9A wave of revolution in NNL (51,075 views)
Commonwealth Games 2018: Shame of Muhammadu Buhari, Solomon Dalung (49,575 views)
Ibrahimovic’s Man U exit: Whose decision is it? And in whose interest? (48,012 views)
John Mikel Obi: Segun Odegbami’s Outrageous Call! (47,454 views)