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Strategic partners to the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), GTI Asset Management & Trust Limited, have joined other football stakeholders across the country in mourning the death of El-Kanemi Warriors Chairman, Ibrahim Mainu Mustapha. In a statement released to the media in Lagos on Friday, GTI’s Head of Media and Publicity, Andrew Ekejiuba, said the organisation received with deep shock the news of the passing of the amiable Chairman, who made immense contributions to the growth and development of the NPFL. “GTI Group received with shock the passing of one of the outstanding Chairmen of NPFL clubs, Ibrahim Mainu Mustapha,…

President of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau, has lavished praises on Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State for his sustained passion for sports and commitment to infrastructural development in the State. The NFF numero uno made the disclosure in an exclusive media chat at the closing ceremony of the 2025 Nasarawa State Governor’s Cup Football Tournament held at the Lafia City Stadium on Monday, 16th February, 2026, in Lafia, the State Capital. Gusau lauded Governor Sule’s commitment to transforming Nasarawa State’s sports landscape, making reference to the upgraded Lafia City Stadium and plans by the Sule-led…

The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) Abia State Chapter condemns the illegitimate ban on journalists from covering the match between Enyimba and Ikorodu City on Sunday, February 15, 2026 at the Enyimba Stadium in Aba. The match was to be played behind closed doors due to the NPFL’s sanctions on Enyimba. In the morning, the club’s media department informed accredited journalists that access will be granted when media men present their tags or their ID cards. Journalists arrived as early as 2pm from different media houses in the state; from Aba and beyond and were denied access to the…

Kun Khalifat FC secured a resounding 2-0 victory over Shooting Stars SC at the Dan Anyiam Stadium Owerri on Sunday, February 8, 2026, on matchday 25 of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) 2025/2026 season, recording a second consecutive clean sheet and continuing an unbeaten streak that has extended to three games (two wins and one draw). The Pride of Imo state dominated proceedings and dimmed the stars that could not shoot from the onset, outplaying the Oluyole Warriors in all facets of the game. The boys from Ibadan were unable to cope with KKFC’s pace and energy, and it…

Super-sub Mendos struck at the death to secure a dramatic draw for the Ikon Allah Boys in a pulsating NPFL MatchDay 24 clash at a packed Bako Kontagora Stadium, salvaging a measure of pride of the Minna based outfit. The visitors drew first blood in the second minute straight from kickoff, as Henry Onyia stunned the home crowd by putting his side ahead. Just as the hosts were beginning to find their rhythm, Bendel Insurance doubled their advantage at 37th minute through Chinedu Nwosu on a swift counterattack, leaving the home team shell-shocked as both teams transit into the change…

The Solid Miners continued with their unrelenting push for a continental spot, going four straight games without defeat as they played out a 1-1 draw against hosts, Wikki Tourists FC, at the Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium, Bauchi, on Sunday evening. New signing, Chimezie Victor, silenced the home fans in the 28th minute to put Nasarawa United in the driver’s seat on match-day 24, before Jonathan Mairiga levelled matters, seven minutes later, for the ‘Big Elephants’ as Wikki Tourists are nicknamed, as either sides went into the break tied at 1-1. Nine minutes into the resumption , the home side…

The Solid Miners bounced back from two consecutive defeats to secure a 2-1 home victory over their North-Central Zonal rivals, Niger Tornadoes, in the 2025/26 Nigeria Premier Football League match-day twenty-one clash decided at the Lafia City Stadium on Sunday evening. Two quick goals in the first-half of the game, courtesy of last season’s highest goalscorer winner, Anas Yusuf, from the spot in the 13th minute, and mid-season recruit, Adekunle Oluwasegun, nine minutes later, ensured Nasarawa United move to the 4th position in the league’s standings, as regulation time ended 2-1 against the visitors whose consolation goal was scored by…

The Solid Miners had a day to forget in a hurry after suffering their worst defeat since the beginning of the 2025/26 Nigeria Premier Football League campaign. The team, after being forced to a goalless home draw by Barau FC five days ago, embarked on the match-day nineteen tie against last-on-the-log side, Kano Pillars, at the Late Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano, with high hopes of getting a decent result. But it wasn’t to be as they fell off the pecking order, conceding 3-0 to their hosts, their worst defeat this campaign. With an early substitution following a foot injury to…

The Solid Miners, as Nasarawa United FC are nicknamed, in a hard-fought display of resilience and tactical poise, maintained their commanding position at the summit of the ongoing 2025/26 Nigeria Premier Football League table with a hard-earned goalless draw against their North Central Zonal rivals, Plateau United, in a pulsating match-day seventeen encounter held at the New Jos International Stadium, Plateau State, on Sunday evening. Both sides went into the clash desperate to scoop all available points, with Nasarawa United needing their first away win against the Peace Boys in Jos, while the hosts wanted to overturn last Thursday’s abysmal…

One of the most persistent challenges sports assets face globally is how best to curb the activities of ambush marketers. As the name implies, ambush marketing is a parasitic promotional strategy in which an advertiser “ambushes” an event to compete for visibility against official sponsors. Another school of thought describes ambush marketing as a tactic through which a company aligns itself with a major event, such as the Olympics, the FIFA World Cup, or leading football leagues, without paying the official sponsorship fees, thereby diverting attention from legitimate sponsors. This is often achieved by “piggybacking” on an event’s popularity through…