• Rangers fined N5m, awarded 3points, 3goals • Enyimba fined N10m, ordered to produce disruptive players, club officials Rangers International of Enugu and Enyimba International of Aba have both been charged and fined for several infractions of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) rules arising from their respective conducts in the Matchday 35 fixture in…
Ahead the Cathedral showdown in Enugu, Enyimba head coach, Yemi Daniel Olanrewaju popularly known as Yema, has warned that though he respects Rangers Fidelis Ilechukwu as a senior colleague, the match is about defending the club’s colours. He would be leading Enyimba to Enugu where the two top teams face off at the Nnamdi Azikiwe…
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…
Godwin Obaje made a telling contribution when he scored twice to help Rangers defeat Bayelsa United 3-0 on Sunday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu in their quest for a ninth Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) title. Fidelis Ilechukwu’s men played from the front and practically pinned their opponents in their half for larger spells…
By George Akpayen Rangers took advantage of the slip by Remo Stars who were in second place before the start of Matchday 33 in the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) to go four points at the top of the standings on Sunday. The Flying Antelopes saw off Bayelsa United 3-0 at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium…
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…
Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) Board is celebrating Emmanuel Okala, one of the greatest goalkeepers to have graced the league in the colours of Rangers International of Enugu. Okala turned 73 on Friday, May 17 and Hon. Gbenga Elegbeleye, the NPFL Chairman said the former national team goalkeeper deserves to be celebrated by the nation’s…
Rangers International’s title quest experienced a hiccup in Port Harcourt where they got spanked 2-0 by Rivers United in a Matchday 31 fixture played on Sunday. A goal in either half of the highly entertaining fixture saw the ‘Pride of Rivers’ claim all three points from an Alex Oyowah nodded goal on 34 minutes and…
Rangers head coach Fidelis Ilechukwu has branded his team’s performance in Sunday’s 4-3 defeat to Katsina United as “not acceptable.” The former Heartland and Plateau United manager is pained that after his team scored thrice on the road, they ended up conceding four times to lose the game and also lose their unbeaten run which…
It may be his first season in the top league but Ejike Ugochukwu has been quite outstanding in the defensive midfield position which has hugely contributed to Rangers International competitive run in the 2023/2024 season of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL). For the opportunity to be part of a potentially successful season for the…