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Nigeria’s oldest domestic football competition, formerly known as the Challenge Cup, Aiteo Cup, and later Federation Cup, has officially been rebranded and relaunched as the President Federation Cup. This significant development came through a groundbreaking partnership between the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), the Ministry of Sports Development and renowned financial firm, GTI Asset Management and Trust Limited in an event held on Friday, April 19, 2024, at Westwood Hotels in Ikoyi, Lagos. In a well-attended ceremony by key stakeholders in the football ecosystem and the media, the President Federation Cup was unveiled, reflecting the tournament’s long-standing history and its importance…
The race to the top scorer’s prize in the 2023/24 Nigeria Premier Football League season NPFL is down to two players. With six rounds of game remaining in the championship, Remo Stars striker Sikiru Alimi and his Enyimba counterpart, Chijioke Mbaoma are both locked on 14 goals apiece. Alimi stepped up his chase for the gong by netting a brace in Remo Stars’ 2-0 victory over Niger Tornadoes last weekend to hit 14 goals. Mbaoma equaled the mark by scoring from the spot in Enyimba’s 1-0 win over Katsina United in Aba on Sunday. Both players are expected to continue…
The Coal City ‘Flying Antelopes’, Rangers International F.C maintained its hold on the top spot of the 2023/2024 NPFL with a convincing 2-0 win over visiting Plateau United F.C in a match day 32 fixture inside Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu that had over half of its seats taken up by fans on Sunday, April 28, 2024. Okorie Chiedozie got the curtain raiser on 25 minutes after skipping past three markers to slip the ball past Suraj Ayeleso who had been superb between the sticks for the ‘Peace Boys’ from the Tin City of Jos as he had bravely stopped a…
After their 1-0 defeat to Bendel Insurance FC on Saturday at the Samuel Ogbemudia stadium in Benin City in a matchday 32 fixture of the NPFL, Coach Christian Obi of Heartland FC of Owerri has called out his players for their lackadaisical and lackluster approach to the match,platinumnewsng.com is reporting. Coach Christian Obi believes his players didn’t play to instruction as he was rather bewildered that the boys who played against Bendel Insurance didn’t look like the boys he trained on the pitch. In a post-match interview with newsmen, Coach Obi said, “If my boys had played according to instruction, you…
Technical adviser of Rangers International F.C, Coach Fidelis Ilechukwu has described his side’s 2-0 loss to host, Rivers United F.C in a match day 31, NPFL 2023/2024 fixture played at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Port-Harcourt, as a bad day for his team. In a post-match chat, Ilechukwu stated that the encounter between the two former league champions was a good game but the advantage of height enjoyed by his opponent and the nature of the pitch denied his wards the opportunity to play their usual free-flowing match. “I think it was a great game but it was not a good…
The technical Adviser of Doma Fc Coach Bala Abubakar has promised their fans that the team will end the season in a good position. After his team lost 0-2 to Niger Tornadoes in Kaduna on matchday Week 31 of the Nigeria Premier Football League, Abubakar told journalists that with the remaining matches, he is sure his team will finish in a good position. “We came in to rescue the team and by the grace of God we will do our best., We still have three homes and four aways, we will continue to work hard and finish in a good…
Coach Mujin Mohamed has attributed his side win over the hard fighting Doma United to determination. “We came all out to pick the three points in the game knowing well that we are having double away to Remo Stars and Plateau United and we know those two away matches would not be easy. Speaking ahead of the games against Remo Stars and Plateau United, coach Mohamed said Niger Tornadoes would be able to come out with points in the next two away. “Football is full of surprises. Don’t write us off against the two teams. One good thing going for…
Bendel Insurance of Benin is gradually regaining its strength since after the home loss to Niger Tornadoes as the team proved hard nut to crack against former league champion, Lobi Stars of Makurdi on Sunday The Benin Arsenal’s spectacular performance that earned the team a point away from home in match day 31 of the Nigeria Premier Football League. The coach Monday Odigie’s managed team came close to recording its first away win of the season but was unlucky to pick the maximum points after a spot kick miss by defender Sunday Anyanwun in the 53rd minute of play, forcing…
Rivers United technical adviser, Stanley Eguma has described Sunday’s match with Rangers International as good advertisement for the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), reports www.sportsunlimited.ng. Speaking after the game which his side won 2-0, Eguma said: “It was a very interesting match, both teams gave a good account of themselves. This is another big image (advertisement) for the NPFL.”The game had a lot of quality, you see the pace of the two teams, the skills and technical input was very impressive. We had the better chances and took it. Rangers played well but we had the upper hand,” he submitted.…
Added time-goal specialists, Remo Stars pulled off one of their now familiar traits, chalking up a valuable point as Skipper Nduka Junior scored in the 90+4 minute to scuttle an impending victory by Doma United on Wednesday evening. When all-hope seemed over, Remo Stars had scored hope-reviving goals as they did against Lobi Stars, Insurance and a host of others in the Nigeria Premier League. Getting a valuable point take them from fifth position to fourth their haul to 50, just a point below that of second and third placed Enyimba and Lobi Stars respectively. The 1-1 scoreline also changed…