In a first of its kind demonstration of compassion and solidarity, Chairman of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), Hon Gbenga Elegbeleye travelled to Maiduguri to commiserate with family of late match commissioner, Mohammed Sani. Sani died from injuries sustained in an auto crash on his way from Jos where he commissioned an NPFL match….
Nasarawa United have been hit with an exile from their Lafia City Stadium home ground and imposed a fine of N6 million for repeated offences of inadequate security and fan restiveness. The Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) imposed the sanctions in a swift reaction to the confirmed reports of assault on a Plateau United player,…
Chairman of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), Hon Gbenga Elegbeleye has described the late Christian Chukwu as one of the icons of league football in Nigeria. In his tribute to the late captain of Rangers International of Enugu, Elegbeleye said the story of club football in the country cannot be complete without a good…
We continue to inch deeper into the final stretch of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) and it will be a full cast of fixtures including FOUR live broadcasts in Yenagoa, Enugu, Kano and Ilorin. All four broadcast are live on StarTimes, and there will be a live radio broadcast of the Rangers versus Heartland…
Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) are to pay a fine of N3 million and another N2 million to Ikorodu City for damages to their bus following security breaches that resulted in attack on Ikorodu City contingent. Fans have also been indefinitely restricted from gaining access to Shooting Stars home games. The incident occurred at the…
The Board of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) has observed with dismay disturbing pictures and videos from the Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) versus Ikorodu City league game that have flooded online platforms. Chairman of the NPFL, Hon Gbenga Elegbeleye, said the board would be sitting on Wednesday for an investigative hearing into the…
A summons has been handed to the Media Officer of Lobi Stars, Emmanuel Ujah to appear for an inquest into a publication in which he suggested that players were engaging in betting activities on the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL). The NPFL set up the panel to sit on Wednesday, April 9 for Ujah to…
Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) champions, Rangers International, fought their way to a valuable away point on Saturday evening holding Bendel Insurance to a 0-0 draw in a keenly-contested Matchday 32 encounter. The Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City played host to a tightly-fought affair where both sides had opportunities to snatch victory but ultimately…
The top-two in the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) meet this weekend and it promises to be full of fireworks on StarTimes when second-placed Rivers United play hosts to table-toppers Remo Stars. Referee Bashir Salihu will oversee the match. There are three other matches live on StarTimes this matchweek with match officials ready to run…
By Tosin Omojola Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) head coach, Gbenga Ogunbote, admitted that his team could have secured all points against El-Kanemi Warriors but for the inability to manage their two-goal lead. The coach stated this in his post-match interview, after the Oluyole Warriors were held to a 2-2 draw by their host in…