New NNL Season to Kick-Off January 25.

The new Nigeria National League (NNL) season has been scheduled to kick-off on January 25, 2014.

This was made public according to a communique released after the NNL congress in Abuja on Thursday.

Part of the decisions reached at the NNL Assembly stated that the division two league will be incorporated as a limited liability company in line with global practice and all participating clubs are also expected to be limited liability companies latest March 2014.

Nigeria National League.
Nigeria National League.

As usual, the 32-team league will be split into two zones of A and B with the top two teams from each of these groups gaining promotion to the top flight at the end of the season.

A special designed match ball will be introduced in the forthcoming season.