By George Akpayen Doma United and Bendel Insurance began the year on winning note by seeing off Katsina United and Rangers respectively with identical scorelines of 2-0 in the first matches of 2024 in the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) on Saturday. The Savannah Tigers played hosts to Katsina United an hour earlier than the…
Here are the match officials appointed for Matchweek 17 of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL). There will be five LIVE matches all together for this gameweek on NPFL-Live and StarTimes. Catch the matches live this Saturday and Sunday. Saturday, January 6, 2023 DOMA UNITED v KATSINA UNITED (Live on NPFL-Live) Referee: Bright Nwosu Assistant…
Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) is mourning the death of Sebastien Brodericks-Imasuen, one of the foremost Coaches of a number of League Clubs in the past. Brodericks-Imasuen died at the age of 85 years in a private hospital in Benin, Edo State on Tuesday, January 2, 2024. He made global headlines after leading the Nigeria…
Here are the match officials appointed for Matchweek 16 of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL). There will be six LIVE matches all together for this gameweek on NPFL-Live and StarTimes. Catch the matches live this Wednesday and Thursday. Wednesday, December 27, 2023 SUNSHINE STARS v DOMA UNITED (Live on StarTimes) Referee: Abubakar Abdullahi Assistant…
Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) has condoled with Officials and Players of Sunshine Stars on the death of one of their backroom staff, Taiwo Dosunmu. Dosunmu, the Club’s Assistant Kit Manager was reported to have died on Friday at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital from injuries sustained in the recent gun attack on the…
Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) on Thursday effectively joined the global campaign against doping in elite leagues with the testing of selected players at two different venues of the Matchday 15 fixtures. Renowned anti-doping expert, Dr Akinwunmi Amao, led a four-member team that administered tests on selected players of Sporting Lagos and Bayelsa United at…
By George Akpayen Remo Stars will go into Christmas as table-toppers in the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) following their late show in seeing off fellow contenders Lobi Stars in one of Thursday’s fixtures. Playing in front of their fans at the Remo Stars Stadium in Ikenne, the Sky Blue Stars knew they needed a…
Rangers International have been granted approval to return to their home ground, Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium in Enugu. The former champions have been playing their home fixtures in the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) in Awka, Anambra State since the stadium in Enugu was declared unfit for NPFL matches in the 2022/23 season. The club subsequently…
By George Akpayen Kazeem Ogunleye saved Rangers from a sixth defeat of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) season when he came off the bench to score a late goal to help claim a point off a 1-1 draw at Enyimba on Wednesday. Title-holders Enyimba were favourites to earn the full points from the Oriental…
By Ahmad Elnafaty Nelson Abiam scored the only goal of the game as Doma United beat Heartland 1-0 at the Pantami Stadium on Wednesday to lift them back to the top of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) standings. Remo Stars climbed to the top of the NPFL table on Sunday, but have now been…