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Nationwide League One side, 36 Lion Football Club have announced the signing of nine new players ahead of the 2018 season scheduled to kick off on Thursday April 6, 2018.  36 Lion signed exceptional players in the off-season as they prepare another season in the NLO Division One.  The duo of Quadry Ajala and Ayoade Babatunde, were signed from Team 360 Football Club.  Akeem Wasiu, joined from G12 FC, while Chukwu Chinendu, was recruited from FC Bethel, and Chiroma Yazidu signed from Obazz FC.  Teamidayo Okanlawon, Quadry Liameed, Chidubem Nwosu and Mohamed Tijani graduated from the club Under-18 to the main team. Meanwhile, the club President Alhaji Gafar Liameed, has expressed confidence in the ability of the team to play in the Nigeria National League next season. Gafar, who's a board member of Lagos State Football Association, stated that he will be excited if his team at the end of the season can secure one of the promotion to the NNL. "Our aim th...

As part of it immediate partnership’s dividend with The Different Box LLC and United Arab Emirates (Dubai Sports Council), four clubs from the Nationwide League One (NLO) have been invited to take part in a maiden edition of Gulf-African Football Tournament scheduled for early next year in Dubai. GAF is a tournament organized by a Dubai-based event management company (The Different Box) along with the permit of Dubai Sports Council. It is a two week event; starting from January 10-25, 2016 and will feature sixteen teams from both regions. The Executive Secretary of the NLO, Olushola Ogunnowo, said that the invitation was made possible following the league’s quest to collaborate with the lower league in Dubai in its effort to showcase the NLO to the globe. However, the league secretariat has written to all clubs in the NLO to prepare ahead of the tournament which would also serve as pre-season training for the clubs. “Good things are bound to happen in our league wi...