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12 Jan
Leading fintech platform PalmPay is thrilled to announce its partnership with StarTimes, a Pay-TV Operator, in a campaign tagged AFCON Football Fiesta that will run all through the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament. This campaign takes place from 13 January to 11 February 2024. Every day, a lucky StarTimes customer who uses the PalmPay…
6 Jan
Satellite broadcasting outfit, StarTimes, has announced that it would broadcast live matches of the 2024 Africa Cup of Nations live to Nigerians following its acquisition of the event’s exclusive broadcast rights for the country. The Africa Cup of Nations will kick off in Cote d’Ivoire on January 13 with Nigeria’s Super Eagles beginning their campaign…
1 Dec
Nigerian Premier Football League’s (NPFL) broadcast partner, Propel Africa, has promised to deploy more cameras across the centres to beam quality packaged league matches to fans.
25 Nov
More troubles may have sprung up for the leadership of Nigerian Premier Football League (NPFL), particularly, its chairman, Gbenga Elegbeleye, following a probe by the Freedom of Information Advocates Initiative...
17 Nov
Another legal battle may have cropped into the Nigeria Premier League as Total Promotions Nigeria Limited has warned StarTimes of the legal consequences of the recently signed broadcast agreement with the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL). In a letter dated November 9, 2023, signed by Mr. Funke Ajijo and addressed to the Chief Operations Officer…
13 Nov
FIFA-licensed agent, Dr Drew Uyi, has commended the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) over the recent TV broadcast deal signed with satellite television company, StarTimes. Earlier this month, the NPFL signed a five-year broadcast rights deal worth N1 billion with satellite television company, StarTimes, in Abuja, to bring Nigeria's elite…
12 Nov
A new vista pointing to a growth trajectory for the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) opened on Thursday, November 2 when StarTimes and the League penned a deal worth a total of ₦5.9 billion over five years.
11 Nov
• Gara Gombe takes protest to presidency, Chatham House in London Not ready to back down on his protest against the NI.6 billion deal between Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) and pay television service provider, StarTimes, for the broadcast right of the nation’s football league, former Chairman of Gombe United Football Club, Ahmed Shuaibu Gara-Gombe,…
4 Nov
Former Chairman of Gombe United Football Club, Ahmed Shuaibu Gara-Gombe, has described as ‘unacceptable’, the NI.6 billion deal between Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) and pay television service provider, StarTimes.
3 Nov
Six years after the withdrawal of Supersport from broadcasting matches of the Nigerian Premier Football League (NPFL), the league is set to return to television with satellite television outfit, StarTimes the new outlet.
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