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Doping Test Results: Elegbeleye Praises NPFL Players for Staying Clean

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1 year ago

September 25, 2025

Joel Ajayi

Nigeria Premier Football League(NPFL) players have been commended for a clean bill in the results of random tests carried out by the National Anti -Doping Committee (NADC) of Nigeria.

Otunba Gbenga Elegbeleye, the NPFL Chairman, welcomed the release of the test results communicated to the league in a letter from the NADC. The agency have also indicated plans to continue with the drug testing exercise in the new season and sought the support of the league.

“I am very satisfied with the outcome of the tests on our players carried out by the NADC and i want to commend our players for staying clean”, Elegbeleye said in his reaction to the content of the letter.

In the letter sent to the NPFL, Odo Raphael Okafor, the

Deputy Director/Head Drug Testing, recalled that the tests were conducted to keep the sport of football clean and add integrity to the NPFL.

“As you are quite aware, NADC in her effort to keep the sports of football clean and add integrity

to the league, in line with the World Anti-Doping Code,started drug testing with the 2023/2024

league season.

“Out of the Thirty-Two (32) Urine sample test carried out in a randomly selected match fixtures, the whole results came out to be negative. This indicates that out of the randomly selected

players, none is using substance prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). This is

commendable”, Okafor wrote in the letter.

The doping agency informed the NPFL that it would resume random testing of players at selected league matches for the 2025/26 season.

“In NADC continued effort and commitment in maintaining fair play, integrity and protecting the health of our sports men and women, we wish to carry out drug testing in some randomly

selected matches in the 2025/2026 league season”, the NADC stated.

In the ongoing season, the NADC indicated that it plans to carry out 16 tests in four match fixtures that would be selected at random.

It sought the support of the NPFL to successfully complete the task.

Elegbeleye assured the agency of support for their activities in the new season, saying, the agency is going to receive total support from the NPFL to ensure another successful round of testing”.

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Montage Community Football Tourney Registration Ends October 30

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15 hours ago

October 22, 2026

The Gleamer

Cyril Ogar

Registration for the 2026 edition of the Montage Community Football Tournament will close on Friday, October 30, organisers have announced.

The tournament coordinator, Mr Raphael Ekpang, disclosed this on Thursday, urging interested teams across the six Area Councils of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to take advantage of the remaining days to register.

Ekpang said registration had been ongoing since Monday, encouraging eligible teams to complete the process before the deadline.

The tournament, themed “Montage FM 99.7: Empowering Youth, Uniting Communities Through Football,” is scheduled to kick off on November 3, 2026, with playoffs across the six Area Councils of the FCT.

The grand finale will hold on December 5, 2026, at the Old Parade Ground, Garki Area 10, Abuja, where the top four teams will compete for first-, second- and third-place honours.

A total of 48 teams will participate in the competition, with eight teams representing each of the six Area Councils.

The participating teams will compete for cash prizes worth over ₦2 million and other valuable rewards.

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