By George Akpayen Rivers United wonderkid, Seiyefa Jackson, put up a gem of a performance as the Port Harcourt club saw off relegated Gombe United 6-0 at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in a Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) on Saturday. Seiyefa came off the bench on 63 minutes to replace Nyima Nwagua and needed 19…
Data released by the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) Competitions Unit indicate an average of +2 goals per match after Matchday 33 as a total of 708 goals were recorded in the 330 games so far played by the 20 clubs. The data has Remo Stars striker Sikiru Alimi as the leading scorer with 14…
By George Akpayen The Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) returns with a full cast of fixtures this Sunday and it comes with mouthwatering matches involving clubs in the race for survival, title and continental places. Table-toppers Rangers are the only top-four sides that will play at home this matchweek when they play hosts to Bayelsa…
By George Akpayen Bottom-placed Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) side, Gombe United have appointed Bala Nikyu to head their coaching crew for the remaining period of the season. The Savannah Scorpions have struggled for form, winning just seven times in 27 matches and have also suffered a six-point and six-goal deduction for infraction this term….
• Fined N3m, stadium closure to Fans Gombe United has been ducked three points and three goals from its total accrued for the season in a move the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) says is pursuant to its zero tolerance for assault on match officials. Davidson Owumi, the NPFL Chief Operating Officer, who signed the…
By Ahmad Elnafaty Chijioke Alaekwe and Abba Umar scored a goal each as Gombe United ran out 2-0 winners over Heartland at the Pantami Stadium in Gombe in one of Sunday’s Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) matches. Umar scored Gombe United’s quickest-ever NPFL goal to help set up a comfortable victory over a blunt Heartland…
• Gombe Utd, Tornadoes face fines for rule breaches Few days after the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) issued a practice directive to clubs on dress codes for the Technical Crew and Players, Katsina United was found to have flouted the code during their Matchday 11 fixture in Lagos against Sporting Lagos. A Katsina United…
By Ahmad Elnafaty Kano Pillars attacking winger Yusuf Abdullahi scored five goals in 60 sensational minutes as Kano Pillars crush Gombe United 5-2 in front of their fans at the Pantami Stadium in one of Sunday’s five fixtures in the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL). It was a stunning performance from the young talented winger,…
By Ahmad Elnafaty Ahmed Jimoh continued his hot streak as his instinctive finish clinched Gombe United an important win over Bendel Insurance. The Gombe club won 1-0 at the Pantami Stadium in Sunday’s early kick-off. The game ended goalless in the first 45 minutes. Gombe United started the second half strongly and deservedly took the…
By George Akpayen Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) new boys, Sporting Lagos, jumped into the driving seat after Matchday 2 of this season after taking a point at Akwa United in a 0-0 draw at the Nest of Champions on Sunday. After coming off a Matchday 1 win over Gombe United, the newcomers still had…