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The Nigerian Premier Football League (NPFL) (formerly the Nigerian Professional Football League) is the highest level of club football in Nigerian football league system. The Nigerian Premier League has suffered like many others, from the financial impact and dwindling fortunes since the late 2000s. It is fed into by the Nigeria National League (NNL). It is organized by the Interim Management Committee Board headed by Mr. Honourable Gbenga Elegbeleye.

It is currently known as the Nigerian Premier Football League. It was previously known as the "Nigeria Premier League" in 1993–2000 then secondly between 2003 and 2013. It has also been known as the "Nigerian Premiership" (2000–2003); "Nigerian Professional League" (1990–1993); Nigerian National League First Division (1979–1990) and "the (Nigerian) National League" or "Nigerian Football League" (1972–1979) and more recently "Nigeria Professional Football League" (2014–2023).

In July 2018 the league was postponed indefinitely following crisis in the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF). Lobi Stars was declared as the sole representative of the league in the 2019 CAF Champions League as the team was at the top of the standings.

The league consisted of 24 teams. Four were promoted from the Nigeria National League. Twenty teams remained from the previous season which was not completed. They were divided into two groups of 12 teams. The top three teams in each group contested for the title in the NPFL Super six championship playoff in Lagos. The People's Elephant finished at the top of the log with 12 points from five games. Enyimba vs Kano Pillars is considered the biggest match of the season because of their rivalry and they remain the 2 teams yet to finish outside the top eight for 12 seasons.

The League Management Company (shortly and commonly known as the 'LMC') is the legal association football League governing body of the Nigeria Professional Football League. It was created and incorporated by the Nigeria Football Federation in 2012 to take over the nearly collapsed Nigeria Football League (NFL), the former league governing body.

The NFF created the Nigeria Premier League, organized by the Nigeria Football League in 1990 as a step in attaining full professionalism as the sole regulatory for football in Nigeria. At the Onikan Stadium on 12 May 1990, the league was given a name as it was then known as the 'Professional League'. However, in November 2012 with the agreement and support of the National Sports Commission, Nigeria's sports regulatory authority, the NFF constituted an Interim Management Committee (IMC) for the League as part of measures to avert a total collapse of the top tier professional League following the downfall of the Nigeria Football League (NFL) which arose from difficult legal and administrative impediments. The IMC supervised the formation and incorporation of the LMC to run a transparent and commercially viable professional league.

In 2012, the NPFL was ranked as the best in Africa and 24th best in the world by the IFFHS, the rating puts it a spot above the Scottish Premier League for the year.

+ Année Champion1972Mighty Jets (1)1973Bendel Insurance (1)1974 Rangers International F. C. (1)1975 Rangers International F. C. (2)1976Shooting Stars (1)1977 Rangers International F. C. (3)1978Racca Rovers (1)1979Bendel Insurance (2)1980Shooting Stars (2)1981 Rangers International F. C. (4)1982 Rangers International F. C. (5)1983Shooting Stars (3)1984 Rangers International F. C. (6)1985New Nigeria Bank FC (1) 1986Leventis United (1)1987Iwuanyanwu Nationale (1)1988Iwuanyanwu Nationale (2) 1989Iwuanyanwu Nationale (3)1990Iwuanyanwu Nationale (4)1991Julius Berger (1)1992Stationery Stores (1)1993Iwuanyanwu Nationale (5)1994BCC Lions (1)1995Shooting Stars (4)1996Udoji United (1)1997 Dolphin F. C. (1)1998Shooting Stars (5)1999Lobi Stars (1)2000Julius Berger (2)2001Enyimba FC (1)2002Enyimba FC (2)2003Enyimba FC (3)2004 Dolphin F. C. (2)2005Enyimba FC (4)2006Ocean Boys FC (1)2007Enyimba FC (5)2008Kano Pillars FC (1)2009Bayelsa United (1)2010Enyimba FC (6)2011 Dolphin F. C. (3)2012Kano Pillars FC (2)2013Kano Pillars FC (3)2014Kano Pillars FC (4)2015Enyimba FC (7)2016 Rangers International F. C. (7)2017Plateau United FC (1)2018Championship canceled2019Enyimba FC (8)2020Championship candeled due to Covid 192021Akwa United FC (1)2022Rivers United (4)2023Enyimba FC (9)2024

Clubs Championship Years Enyimba (Aba) 9 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2015, 2019, 2022–23 Rangers International (Enugu) 7 1974, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1984, 2016 Shooting Stars (Ibadan) 5 1976, 1980, 1983, 1995, 1998 Heartland F. C. (Owerri) 5 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993 Kano Pillars (Kano) 4 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014Rivers United (Includes Dolphin and Eagle Cement) (Port Harcourt) 4 1997, 2004, 2011, 2022Bendel Insurance (Benin City) 2 1973, 1979Julius Berger (Lagos) 2 1991, 2000Lobi Stars (Makurdi) 1 1999BCC Lions (Gboko) 1 1994Stationery Stores (Lagos) 1 1992Leventis United (Ibadan) 1 1986Plateau United (Jos) 1 2017Bayelsa United (Yenegoa) 1 2009Ocean Boys (Brass) 1 2006Udoji United (Awka) 1 1996New Nigeria Bank (Benin City) 1 1985Racca Rovers (Kano) 1 1978Mighty Jets (Jos) 1 1972Akwa United (Uyo) 1 2021