By George Akpayen Nine-time Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) winners, Enyimba and Bendel Insurance enjoyed slender victories in their rescheduled matches on Wednesday. The People’s Elephant relied on substitute Austin Onyemaechi’s goal 16 minutes before time to edge past Akwa United in a tight contest at the Enyimba Stadium in Aba. Onyemaechi, who joined Enyimba…
By George Akpayen Another matchweek has gone by in the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) and it has so much talking points from the two big games in Ikenne and Port Harcourt to the two away wins on Saturday. NEW BOYS IKORODU CITY FINDING LIFE HARD The Oga Boys have found life tough in the…
By Tosin Omojola Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) head coach, Gbenga Ogunbote, has described Sunday’s victory over Heartland FC in the Nigeria Premier Footbal League (NPFL) as “a big relief” for his team. In his post-match views after the Oluyole Warriors battled to a 1-0 win over the hard-fighting Heartland, courtesy of Samuel Ayanrinde’s fabulous…
Akwa United head coach, Mohammed Baba Ganaru, has described his team’s 1-2 defeat to Sunshine Stars as disappointing and unbelievable, but added that his team will have to put up improved performances in subsequent games to ensure the team’s target is met at the end of the season. The Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) Matchday…
By George Akpayen Ikorodu City’s poor start to their debut season in the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) continued on Saturday as they lost again at their Mobolaji Johnson Arena ground in Lagos to Nasarawa United. The match ended 2-1. The NPFL newcomers enjoyed the bigger share of possession but Nasarawa United claimed the full…
By Femi Atolagbe Goals from Chinedu Nwosu and Seth Mayi were all Sunshine Stars needed to pick the full points against Akwa United in a Matchday 4 fixture of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) played at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo. Sunshine Stars took the lead through Chinedu Nwosu, who chipped the ball…
Heartland FC are in Ibadan for their second away game of the season against Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) in one of the 2024-25 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) Matchday 4 fixtures. The game is slated for the Lekan Salami Stadium, Adamasingba, Ibadan by 5:30pm on Sunday in a repeat of last season’s fixture which…
It is full cast of fixtures for this matchday in the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL). This matchweek will witness two big games including last season’s runners-up Remo Stars playing host to the champions Rangers International. Here are the match officials appointed for Matchweek 2. There will be seven LIVE matches for this gameweek on…
By Eche Amos Nasarawa United are already looking ahead to their next Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) challenge against Ikorodu City this Saturday after enduring a 4-3 loss last weekend at home to El-Kanemi Warriors. The Solid Miners, who made a return to the top division after being relegated are braced for a Matchday 4…
By George Akpayen Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) newcomers, Ikorodu City, suffered defeat in their first-ever home game when they fell 0-1 to champions Rangers International in one of Wednesday’s rearranged fixtures. Ikorodu City lost one-nil to the champions after a first half goal from Chinemerem Ugwueze on 25 minutes off a Kazeem Ogunleye corner…