Assurances from the State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, was conveyed to the LMC through the State Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Hon. Charles Ndukwe, who disclosed that the Governor described the hosting of the tournament as an honour to the state and an indication that Enugu is a frontline football state
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The Eagle Online recalls that Justice I.I. Kunda of a Jos, Plateau State High Court recently committed Dikko and the LMC’s Chief Operating Officer, Salisu Abubakar, to 14 days in prison for disobeying a court order
The NFF President, Amaju Pinnick, informed that the idea was aimed at improving the standard of the game in the country
The policemen had stormed the massive edifice in the heart of the FCT, housing both the LMC and La Liga offices, at exactly 12.27pm in a chartered taxi in what appeared to be a disguise and headed straight to the entrance gate to announce their presence
“the LMC and its officials are law-abiding and will continue to seek the protection of the laws of our land in carrying on their lawful business. LMC will not be browbeaten or intimidated into abandoning this resolve or to act outside the laws of the land”
The management had an emergency meeting on Wednesday after receiving the contempt charge
Justice I. I. Kunda in his ruling delivered at the Plateau State High Court, which sat in Bukuru, near Jos on Wednesday, decried the delay tactics being employed by the counsel to the LMC
Baribote said they were the architects of the crisis that has beclouded Nigeria’s football in the last two years
It will be recalled that following crowd incident during the Match Day 30 fixture against Shooting Stars at the Onikan Stadium, Ikorodu United was found not to have ensured adequate security and were ordered to play three home games at Abeokuta with two suspended on condition of good behaviour by the fans
Giwa, who were expelled from the league after they failed to honour a total of three matches, have been restored to the league and their players could no longer feature for the clubs they were sent out to on loan after their expulsion
The League Management Company had recently expelled Giwa FC from the League for failing to honour its home matches at the Ilorin Township Stadium
Shuaibu died in the early hours of Saturday in Benin, Edo State and the League Management Company directed all Match Commissioners and Club Officials to ensure that players paid their last respect to the one time Coach of BCC Lions and El-Kanemi Warriors before the matches kicked off
This decision was contained in a tweet on the official handle of the LMC: @LMCNPFL
The club was banished to Florin by the League Management Company following crowd violence at the Jos township Stadium
The fines include the sum of N2 million, another N650,000 to offset the Match Officials expenses and N1 million to offset the expenses of Rangers International
FC Taraba players were at the Government House on Friday to press their demand for the payment of arrears of 11 months salary by the Management of the club owned by the Taraba State Government
Mallam Shehu Dikko, the Chairman of the LMC, disclosed this and other initiatives of the league body when he appeared as guest on Africa Independent Television morning show, Kaakaki, and explained that the LMC would love to see government involved in the area of infrastructure upgrade, while gradually divesting from club funding
The Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has said the Police will work with the League Management Company and other…
The League Management Company on Tuesday opened a new corporate office in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. A 48-unit structure…
A one-day training programme for Club Administrators, Media Officers and Chairmen of the Clubs’ Supporters has been scheduled to hold…