PREMIUM TIMES
The 2022/2023 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) season, which was scheduled to begin on 28 December, has been rescheduled.
The new date agreed upon by the Interim Management Committee (IMC)-the new custodians of the league, club owners, and other concerned parties is 8 January 2023.
The new league season, however, will be an abridged version rather than the usual 38-matchday format.
Chairman of the IMC Gbenga Elegbeleye confirmed the fresh developments to the Abuja-based Sports News site, BSN.
He said: “The new season will be an abridged league format, and the IMC is not shifting ground on it.
“The January 8th kickoff has been agreed on by both parties.”
There has been inactivity in the country’s top division since the 2021/2022 league season was concluded in July 2022 with Rivers United winning the title.
Though the quartet of Rivers United, Plateau United, Kwara United and Remo Stars have been involved in continental games since the NPFL went on the…
