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Nigerian Professional Football League Launches Lottery with Highest Jackpot in Africa

AfroMillionsLotto; a brand new lotto with a minimum jackpot close to a billion naira is to be launched in support of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) clubs by the League Management Company (LMC) in partnership with British-based Ofertas365.

The lotto, due to be live later this month, has jackpots larger than every lottery in Nigeria combined, and the biggest available anywhere in Africa!
All 20 NPFL clubs are to be branded with their own page on the lottos website where people can buy tickets online for the twice-weekly draws, as well as enjoy a range of Instant Win games offering big-money prizes.
The benefit for the clubs is that each will receive a percentage of the revenue raised from their lottery site to increase income to fund player development, supporting stadium and pitch improvements as well as community-based projects.

LMC Chairman, Shehu Dikko described AfroMillionsLotto as one of the most exciting commercial developments in club football in Nigeria in recent times and suggested that it would positively impact football financing extensively.
Dikko said, “The LMC bought into this partnership because of its realistic potential to revolutionize our clubs’ commercial operations, thanks to the money lotto will bring in. Lotto has proven to be extremely successful with English Premier League clubs and we hope to replicate its success here in Nigeria.”
In his own comments, James Leppard, CEO of Ofertas365, said “We are delighted to work with Africa’s largest and most prestigious football league in launching AfroMillionsLotto, which will offer players, whether they are football fans or not, the ability to win truly life-changing jackpots.”

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Giwa FC are back in the NPFL

Three months after it was expelled from the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) for failing to honour three matches and in accordance with the competition’s rules following their banishment to Ilorin over violence in their home game against Enugu Rangers leading to the abandonment of the match. Giwa FC have been asked to return to the NPFL. They were reinstated following an interim order from the Plateau State High Court.
The League Management Company have stated that “processes to reschedule matches concerning (the) Jos side (are) now being activated as directed by (the) Plateau State Court.”
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Joseph Yobo to play in the Nigeria Premier League

Former captain of the Super Eagles of Nigeria Joseph Yobo, will be playing in the last 12 games of the Nigerian Premier Football League in his new role as NPFL ambassador. The announcement was made on the twitter handle of the League Management Company (LMC) the body responsible for organizing the Nigeria Professional League (NPFL).

This news is coming less than a month after he was appointed the Special Assistant on Sports Development to Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike. The 35 year old Yobo holds the record for most caps in the history of the Nigeria national team.
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Photos: La Liga, LMC seal partnership pact in Nigeria

A delegation of the Spanish League, La Liga Board arrived Abuja, Nigeria today to seal a partnership pact with the League Management Company (LMC). The two Bodies signed a memorandum of understanding for a partnership that will cover exchange of knowledge, trainings  for Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) Club Coaches and Administrators, La Liga and NPFL Clubs’ exchanges, marketing, commercial, promotional activities and Youth Development.

Photo Credit: www.twitter.com/LMCNPFL

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LMC splash Super Eagles with dollars after Niger rout.

For their impressive display against Niger on January 18, 2016, the League Management Company (LMC) has presented a cash gift of $10,000 to the home-based Super Eagles. Recall that the squad, thrashed their neighbours 4-1 at the beginning of their CHAN 2016 campaign.

The presentation was made at a dinner organised by the Nigerian Chancery in Rwanda, the 2nd Vice President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).

“The LMC, club owners and all the stake holders of the league appreciate your excellent display tonight (Monday). We are proud of the team. You guys have been good ambassadors of the league and I have been mandated to present this cash as reward for your hard work,” The chairman of the LMC, Shehu Dikko said.

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LMC to name goal scorer award after Yekini

In a bid to immortalize one of Nigeria’s legend, Late Rashidi Yekini, the League management company have named the yet-to-be unveiled highest goal scorer trophy for the NPFL after him.

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The chairman of the LMC, mallam Shehu Dikko made this know in a statement on the league’s website.

“There is a broad plan to institute awards and honour outstanding players, officials, key stakeholders and fans in the league at the end of every season and there are a number of factors that led us to reach the decision to name one of these awards, that of the highest goal scorer after the late Rasheed Yekini,” said Dikko.

“The awards is part of strategic plans of the LMC to create commercial value and additional revenues out of the assets


inherent in the league property. “We considered the aspiration factor which seeks to let the players know that they too can become national heroes if
they achieve excellence and make a success of their career.
“It says to them that they too can become legends of the game and the society will honour them as we have sought ‎to honour the late Yekini,” he concluded.

Rashidi Yekini was a prolific striker and he bagged 37goals for the Super Eagles in 58appearances.‎
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LMC hammers Shooting Stars, Enyimba

The supervisory body of the Nigeria Professional football league, League Management Company (LMC) has fined shooting stars of Ibadan the sum of #500,000 (Five hundred thousand naira) for security lapses in the restricted area which led to the assault of visiting Enyimba’s coach, Kadiri Ikhana during their match day 13 league game.
In the same vein, the LMC also announced that Kadiri Ikhana had been fined #100,000 (one hundred thousand naira) for displaying an “unruly and unprofessional” behavior during their match day 16 game against Aba Warriors.
Club officer of Taraba Fc, Fada Dennis, who was found guilty of assaulting referee Bala Mohammed after match day 14 game against Shooting Stars in Makurdi was also sanctioned by the LMC. He has been suspended from all activities of the NPFL for the rest of the season.
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