All 20 clubs competing in the Euromatch–NPFL, Nigeria's premier football league, gathered in Abuja on Friday to share the first tranche of the league's new title sponsorship funds.

The value of the deal

Dr Ayo Abdulrahman, the Chief Operating Officer of the Euromatch–NPFL, moved to clarify widespread confusion over the size of the sponsorship arrangement, confirming that the total package is worth $7.5 million across three years — equivalent to $2.5 million per season. That figure stands well above the $1 million figure that had circulated in earlier reports.

Abdulrahman was careful to distinguish between the full contracted sum and the amounts already in the league's hands. The clubs received a percentage share of the funds already remitted to the league body, not the entirety of the annual allocation.

Full annual payment still outstanding