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NNL Postpones Super Four Tournament Over Flooding


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NNL Postpones Super Four Tournament Over Flooding

Overwhelming flood disaster ravaging some part of the country has forced the Nigeria National League (NNL) Super Four tournament to be shifted to commence on Tuesday 25th October, 2022, BSNSports.com.ng can report.

The season ending playoff for the best teams in the four abridged divisions was earlier fixed to commence on Wednesday 19th to Saturday 22, October 2022 at the Samson Siasia Stadium, Yenegoa, Bayelsa state capital.

Considering the effects of the flood in the Glory of All Lands region, the management of the Most Important League applying the option of force majeure and moved the Super 4 tournament forward to the following week.

According to the Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Emmanuel while speaking to NNL Media, "we have proposed a new date of Tuesday 25 - Sunday 29th October, 2022 for the Tournament, while hoping that normalcy would prevail "

"We are touched by such flood situations in Bayelsa and other regions of the country as well, we needed to tarry and pray God to intervene under the circumstances"

"It is a natural phenomenon and we can only but seek for proper interventions to save the situations, we regret the inconveniences this may have caused many people"

Bendel Insurance of Benin, Bayelsa United, Doma United of Gombe and El-Kanemi Warriors of Maiduguri are the four group winners that will slug it out in classification Super four tournament .

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Niyi Busari

Award winning journalist, Niyi Busari, the Publisher and CEO of BSN Sports Concepts is one of the most celebrated Nigerian sports journalist of his generation. A"cross-over" professional, he combines the talents and abilities of a print and electronic journalist in a manner that is rare, even though his specialization is print. A graduate of Economics from the University of Abuja where he obtained his Bachelor Degree in 2015.

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