The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has declared that on Saturday, June 29, 2024, the President Federation Cup, the nation’s oldest cup competition, will have its grand finals at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena in Lagos.
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Originally slated to take place at the MKO Abiola National Stadium in Abuja, where the city would have hosted the competition final for the first time ever, the NFF and GTI announced on Sunday, June 23, 2024, that they had chosen Mobolaji Johnson Arena instead, which held the competition final twice, from 1945 to 1972.
First known as Association Ground, then as King George V and later as Lagos City Ground, the venue later became known as Onikan Stadium after it was rebuilt in the 1980s. It became known as Mobolaji Johnson Arena in 2021.
Apart from the Mobolaji Johnson Arena on the waterfront, the City of Lagos has hosted several other finals of the competition now known as the President Federation Cup. The National Stadium, Surulere, built for the 2nd All-Africa Games that Nigeria hosted in 1973, hosted the grand finale between 1974 and 1987, as well as the 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002 finals.
This year’s final will see Rivers Angels of Port Harcourt confront Abuja-based Naija Ratels in the women’s event while Abia Warriors take on El-Kanemi Warriors in the men’s event.
