By George Akpayen It was quite an eventful matchweek starting from the early Saturday kickoff at the Lafia City Stadium to the Enyimba Stadium in Aba where the lights went out and a rescheduling was needed to wrap up the game on Monday morning. Despite all of that, here are talking points from Matchday 5:…
Super Eagles captain Ahmed Musa is in contention to make his third debut for former champions Kano Pillars when they host Sunshine Stars in a Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) Matchday 5 fixture at the Muhammadu Dikko Stadium in Katsina on Sunday. Musa and Nigeria midfielder Shehu Abdullahi rejoined the ‘Sai Masu Gida’ on short-term…
The Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) enters Matchweek 5. There will be a full cast of fixtures that will played this Saturday and Sunday. Here are the match officials appointed for this matchweek. There will be seven LIVE matches for this gameweek on StarTimes and NPFL-Live in total. Saturday, October 5, 2024 LOBI STARS v…
•Opens representative office in China Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) has reached an understanding with a China-based company to establish a presence in the Chinese market and attract investments from the Asian country and also promote closer ties between the league in both countries. A Memorandum of Understanding was on Wednesday signed at the corporate…
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…