Author: m.green
Reigning Nigeria league champions Enyimba FC secured their second consecutive win for the first time this season on Wednesday with a 2-1 victory over Bendel Insurance in a rescheduled Nigeria Premier Football League game at the Enyimba International Stadium in Aba. After a goalless first half, Joseph Atule put the nine-time NPFL champions ahead in the 70th minute before Ismael Sarki silenced the home crowd 5 minutes later with an equaliser following an assist from goalkeeper Amas Obasogie. Chijioke Mbaoma sent the home fans into a wild jubilation after netting the winning goal in the 80th minute and ensured a…
Companies seeking to acquire Broadcast rights of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) have been invited to approach the league body with offers for negotiation. Chairman of the NPFL, Hon Gbenga Elegbeleye on Wednesday clarified that the adopted marketing approach of the board is for non-exclusivity which have not foreclosed the signing up of more rights holders. Elegbeleye described as shocking, claims by an individual alleging that there was an offer for $11m dollars to the NPFL for the rights before the StarTimes deal was executed. “For the avoidance of doubt and for public records, the NPFL and StarTimes deal…
Companies seeking to acquire Broadcast rights of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) have been invited to approach the league body with offers for negotiation. Chairman of the NPFL, Hon Gbenga Elegbeleye on Wednesday clarified that the adopted marketing approach of the board is for non-exclusivity which have not foreclosed the signing up of more rights holders. Elegbeleye described as shocking, claims by an individual alleging that there was an offer for $11m dollars to the NPFL for the rights before the StarTimes deal was executed. “For the avoidance of doubt and for public records, the NPFL and StarTimes deal…
To change the dwindling fortunes of Heartland FC in the ongoing 2023/24 Nigeria Premier Football League season, the management of the five times league champions, has announced the employment of Kennedy Boboye as the club’s new Technical Adviser. He has replaced erstwhile coach, Christian Obi who until the development failed to win a game from opening nine matches of the season. Boboye who has signed a one year renewable contract with the Naze Millionaires has come to the Owerri side with the impeccable record of winning the league title twice with Plateau United (2017) and Akwa United (2021). The former…
The Nigeria Premier League has reacted to the claims of Total Promotions Limited regarding to the broadcast rights of the Nigeria Premier League matches. Total Promotions had last month written to the Commercial Legal department of MTN Communications to the effect that any contractual agreement the telecom firm may have had with the Nigeria Football Federation or its affiliate, the Nigeria Premier League are not valid. He further faulted the transition of the former Nigeria Football League Limited and the then Nigeria Football Association (NFA) to the present bodies of Nigeria Premier League Limited and the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). It…
Sporting Lagos have been charged for breaching the Framework & Rules of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) in the course of their Matchday 9 encounter against Heartland FC on Sunday at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena in Onikan, Lagos. Sporting Lagos escaped defeat after equalising in the 90+10 minutes against visiting Heartland FC as they shared the spoils 1-1. The Lagos-based club breached rules after their supporters threw objects onto the pitch during the course of the game. The NPFL has fined Sporting Lagos the sum of N1 million for failing to provide adequate security and are directed to pay…
A call has been made by one of the prominent mogajis in Ibadan to shoot up the funding of Shooting Stars Sports Club of Ibadan, 3SC. The football enthusiast made the appeal in Ibadan shortly after Match Day 8 of the Nigeria Premier Football League between Shooting Stars Football Club and Kano Pillars held at Lekan Salami Stadium, Adamasingba, Ibadan which ended 1-0 ,in favour of Oluyole Warriors. The CEO, Ilaji Hotel and Sports Resorts described Shooting Stars a very formidable side was represented by Mr Alaba Olufemi Araoye . The Ibadan high chief stressed the need for government to…
Shooting Stars head coach Gbenga Ogunbote admitted his side met a tough opposition in Kano Pillars. The 3SC coach said that his team’s victory did not come easy after the Oluyole Warriors defeated the Sai Masu Gida in Sunday’s matchday nine match by a single goal. “It was a good one for us, it didn’t come that easy, we shouldn’t have expected it to come easier than it did. “It’s a team that wants a point on the road, if you listen to their coach in his interview before the game, you will realise that he came for at worse a…
The head coach of the Nigeria Premier League side Kano Pillars Abdu Maikaba has attributed their defeat in Ibadan to lack of confidence from his players. Despite demonstrating a good and scintillating performance, Sai Masu Gida boys suffered a narrow 1-0 loss to the Olyyole Warriors at the Adamasingba Stadium. Former Rangers International of Enugu believed that his players lacked of confidence on the away soil has been counting against the team and they needed to work on it. The former league champions returned to the elite division this season after campaigning the Nigeria National League last season. The team…
It was a dominant display from the wards of Coach Fidelis Ilechukwu of Rangers International F.C in a match day 9, NPFL 2023/2024 fixture inside a packed Awka City Stadium against a dodged Katsina United side denied the ‘Flying Antelopes’ the maximum points that would have taken them to the zenith of the twenty team log. Coach Ilechukwu had the same squad that picked a valuable 2-2 draw in Akure on the last match day, save for Japhet Opubo, who is nursing a slight injury, and the team did not take much time to settle into its stride against the…