NNL vice chairman, Magaji, dies at 52

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The Independent Vice Chairman of the Nigeria National League, Hon. Abdulkadir Magaji, is dead.

Magaji, also Chairman of the Kaduna State Football Association, gave up the ghost in a Lagos hospital on Tuesday morning at the age of 52, after a battle with cancer.

He attended the 72nd General Assembly of Nigeria Football Federation that took place at the Best Western Hotel, Lagos on 18thDecember 2016, where the new board of the NNL was inaugurated.

A graduate of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Magaji was a two –time Member of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, and was also a two –time Special Adviser to the Kaduna State Governor on sports.

He played a key role in Kaduna hosting several matches of the various National Teams in the past few years, including the Super Eagles’ home games against Chad and Egypt in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying race.

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