By George Akpayen It is looking like the race for this season’s Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) title might go to the wire as just as just three points separate the top-five places after the conclusion of Matchday 20 games over the weekend. Remo Stars took top spot after grinding out a 0-0 draw at…
By George Akpayen Rivers United captain Nyima Nwagua led by example in his team’s Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) against Doma United by scoring all three goals that ensured his side won 3-2 at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in Port Harcourt on Sunday. Nwagua scored in the first half which was cancelled out by Bidemi…
Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) head coach Gbenga Ogunbote has expressed unhappiness with the outcome of his team’s 0-1 loss at Enyimba in Saturday’s Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) fixture at the Enyimba Stadium in Aba. Ogunbote believes that his side deserved to take “a point” from the contest against the champions after giving their…
By George Akpayen Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) champions Enyimba began the second round of the season with a narrow 1-0 win over Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) at the Enyimba Stadium in Aba on Saturday. Chijioke Mbaoma’s goal in the first half proved sufficient as the People’s Elephant held on to claim the full…
We enter the business end of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) season. Here are the match officials appointed for Matchweek 20. There will be six LIVE matches all together for this gameweek on StarTimes and NPFL-Live. Catch the matches live this Saturday and Sunday. Saturday, February 17, 2024 HEARTLAND v KANO PILLARS (Live on…
Rangers head coach, Fidelis Ilechukwu, is optimistic of leading his team to a respectable finish in the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) as the season’s second round gets underway this weekend. Ilechukwu believes he has brought in reinforcement to help the Flying Antelopes in the business end of the campaign in which they occupy eighth…
The Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) Youth League has taken the front row seat at creating an enabling environment to help groom the younger generation to become those who will play first-team football in the foreseeable future. This was made known by the NPFL Youth League planning committee chairman, Pastor Emeka Inyama in an interview…
NPFL staff shower praises on Elegbeleye for enhanced package It has been praise galore for the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) Board from the workforce over the implementation of a new and enhanced salary scheme. It will be recalled that in October 2023, the chairman of the NPFL Board, Hon. Gbenga Elegbeleye had promised an…
Benin City, the Edo State capital, has been announced as the host city for the championship finals of the inaugural edition of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) Youth League. The zonal qualifiers held in five centres from February 1 to 3 from where teams emerged for the championship finals. Chairman of the NPFL Youth…
Consistent with its resolve to build followership for the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) through extensive media reach, matches of the newly introduced NPFL Youth League will be streamed live. This follows the firming up of a deal between the NPFL and Modzero Media to produce and stream live matches and highlights from the zonal…