The Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) season continues with a Friday night game in Benin City where Bendel Insurance play hosts to Gombe United from 5:30pm. The match is live on StarTimes and NPFL-Live. The referee for the game is Saheed Babayanju Here are other match officials appointed for this matchweek. There will also be…
By George Akpayen The last matchday in the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) threw up amazing talking points and even recorded surprises among the fixtures. We look back at major highlights of Matchday 23. TWIST AND TURNS AT THE TOP Matchweek 23 ran for four consecutive days and it offered us the chance to see…
Rivers United have been applauded for reaching the quarter finals of the 2023/24 CAF Confederation Cup following a 2-1 defeat of Dreams FC of Ghana in the last group fixture in Uyo. Rivers United finished second behind the Ghanaian side on same points but on inferior goals deficit with Club Africain of Tunisia dropping to…
We go into the 23rd matchday of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) season. Here are the match officials appointed for Matchweek 23. There will be six LIVE matches all together for this gameweek on NPFL-Live and StarTimes. Catch the matches live this Saturday and Sunday. Saturday, March 2, 2024 KWARA UNITED v RIVERS UNITED…
By George Akpayen Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) title-holders Enyimba climbed to the top of the standings following a 4-0 thrashing of Gombe United at the Enyimba Stadium in Aba on Thursday. In a matchday that produced 25 goals in total, the People’s Elephant dismissed their opponents despite having 21 goal attempts including 12 on…
Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) on Friday issued a practice directive to clubs reminding on existing protocols for post-match media engagement by their Technical Heads. In a memo with the heading, Participation of Coaches at Post Match Conferences, the NPFL Chief Operating Officer, Davidson Owumi said strict adherence to the guidelines is imperative developing and…
Chairman of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), Hon Gbenga Elegbeleye has charged Rivers United players to sustain the country’s resurgence in African football by winning with needed goals margin in their last group match of the CAF Confederation Cup. The Nigerian flag bearers square up against Dream FC of Ghana in a must-win fixture…
After his side snatched all three points from a 1-0 win against table topping Remo Stars, Coach Fidelis Ilechukwu is beginning to nurse a belief that Rangers could earn a podium finish at the end of the season. A sublime free kick from about 25 meters taken by a substitute, Agu Kenechukwu, found its way…
Wednesday, February 28, 2024 RIVERS UNITED v NIGER TORNADOES (PP) Referee: Nurah Abdullahi Assistant referee 1: Sadiq Adejumo Assistant referee 2: Idris Mohammed Fourth official: Ifeanyi Ebeneme Kick-off: 4pm Venue: Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Port Harcourt SPORTING LAGOS v AKWA UNITED (Live on NPFL-Live) Referee: Anthony Eze Assistant referee 1: Anas Ibrahim Assistant referee 2: Sani…
The Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) has designated as high risk, the Matchday 22 midweek fixture in Katsina between Katsina United and Kano Pillars. The designation is informed by the history of rivalry between the Northwest clubs and the attendant fans incidents that follow their fixtures. Davidson Owumi, the NPFL Chief Operating Officer clarified that…