By George Akpayen The month of October was filled with a lot of highs in the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL). Two teams went unbeaten in the past month, one player scored five times in five appearances while there were a handful of goals. We capture major highlights from October: ANAS YUSUF HATTRICK The Nasarawa…
By Emmanuel Chinedu Enyimba forward, Ekene Awazie, is determined to help his team secure a victory when they travel to face Bayelsa United in a Matchday 10 fixture of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) this Sunday. The People’s Elephant start will start the matchday in third place, four points behind table-topping Rivers United and…
By Emmanuel Chinedu Abia Warriors forward, Sunday Megwo, has expressed confidence in his team’s ability to secure maximum points against Heartland FC, on Sunday, in a Matchday 10 Oriental Derby clash. Megwo, however, believes that the team’s recent form will be key in overcoming their opponents. “We are confident going into this match,” Megwo said….
The Chairman of Abia Warriors, John Obuh has commended the players and officials of the club for recording their first away win of the season even as he reserved special praise for the technical crew headed by former Nigeria national Under-23 head coach, Imama Amapakabo for the team’s transformation. ‘Umu Chineke’ secured their first away…
A coach, Uni Dan Kakwi has penned a rare tribute for the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) arising from his interactions with Solomon Babanja, the Chairman of Nasarawa United. In his opening lines, he introduced Babanja as one of the longest serving sports administrators at club level and went on to capture his subject’s take…
This matchweek will run for three days from Saturday to Monday. There will be four live matches on StarTimes. Here are the match officials appointed for this matchday fixtures: Saturday, October 26, 2024 KATSINA UNITED v NIGER TORNADOES (Live on StarTimes) Referee: Mudassir Adamu Assistant referee 1: Maimuri Habu Assistant referee 2: Usman Aliyu Fourth…
By George Akpayen Things are gradually shaping up in the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) this season as we draw closer to double figures of matchweeks. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves as we look at possible happenings for Matchday 9 fixtures. There is so much to talk about from the fixture of unbeaten sides…
The Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) on Thursday moved to enforce arbitration decisions of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Players Status/Arbitration Committee following the failure of affected clubs to take advantage of extended windows of moratorium. The clubs were respectively dragged to the NFF Committee in disputes over salaries and entitlement of some of their…
By Emmanuel Chinedu Abia Warriors striker, Sunday Megwo, has expressed happiness in helping his side to a comfortable 3-1 victory over Plateau United in Sunday’s Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) fixture at the Umuahia Township Stadium. Megwo has turned out to be a talisman in his side whenever they win especially at their Umuahia Township…
It is Matchday 8 in the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL). Here are the appointed match officials and the four matches scheduled to go live. Sunday, October 20, 2024 BAYELSA UNITED v HEARTLAND (Live on StarTimes) Referee: Muntaka Abubakar Assistant referee 1: Gerald T. Anyam Assistant referee 2: Ojo Ayinde Fourth official: Salam Olabode Idris…