{
  "id": 2035753,
  "title": "Owumi: NFF, NPFL Organising Preseason Tournament to Prep Clubs for CAF Competitions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/owumi-nff-npfl-organising-preseason-tournament-to-prep-clubs-for-caf",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-19T23:02:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/08/20/owumi-nff-npfl-organising-preseason-tournament-to-prep-clubs-for-caf-competitions/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) is organizing a preseason tournament in Jos, Plateau State to prepare clubs for CAF competitions. Prince Davidson Owumi, the league's Chief Operating Officer, explained that this initiative aims to enhance the fitness, cohesion, and conditioning of the participating teams. The tournament will feature league champions Rangers International, runners-up Rivers United, and Federation Cup winners El-Kanemi Warriors. Additionally, two wild cards from Plateau United and Mighty Jets will participate. Katsina United joined the league after Shooting Stars were unable to field a team. The fixtures have been designed to provide the CAF clubs with four matches during the tournament, which will culminate in the finals on Sunday, August 23. The matches will take place at the New Jos Township Stadium.",
  "summary": "A major objective of the ongoing Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) Preseason Tournament in Jos, Plateau State is to provide the country’s representatives in CAF Clubs competitions, the match conditioning",
  "key_points": [
    "NFF and NPFL organizing preseason tournament in Jos",
    "Tournament to prep clubs for CAF competitions",
    "Finals on August 23 at New Jos Township Stadium"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}