Author: m.green
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has hailed the Interim Management Committee of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) headed by Hon. Gbenga Elegbeleye for successfully repositioning the elite league and assured that they will be allowed to remain in office to conclude its mandate before any decision can be taken on a board for the NPFL. President of NFF, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau, further commended the IMC for all their efforts toward repositioning the elite league. “Let me commend the IMC for the great job it is doing to reposition the elite division of our domestic League. We are enamoured…
Kwara United FC secured a hard-fought 1-0 win over Nasarawa United FC at the Akure Township stadium on Sunday, May 7, 2023 to retain their status in the Nigeria Premier Football League. The Harmony Boys as they are fondly called won the encounter courtesy of a goal from substitute Ibrahim Yahaya in the 82nd minute after a drabbed goalless first half. Kwara United started brightly, with Samson Paul firing over the crossbar in the tenth minute as Adewale Adeyinka, United goalkeeper denied the visitors a chance to take the lead with a brilliant save in the 20th minute. In the…
Remo Stars head coach, Daniel Ogunmodede can’t hide his excitement after the Promise Keepers put an end to their poor record against Akwa United. The Ikenne recorded their first-ever win over Akwa United in six attempts in the Nigeria Premier Football League on Sunday. Captain Junior Nduka’s first half penalty gave the hosts a 1-0 win in the keenly contested encounter. In a video posted on Remo Stars’ Twitter handle, Ogunmodede expressed relief after finally getting a win. “It’s been coming like you said, we have to keep fighting,” Ogunmodede stated. “But the result has not been favourable, today we…
Enyimba recorded the only away victory on matchday 16 of the Nigeria Premier Football League courtesy of a 1-0 win against El-Kanemi Warriors in Maiduguri. The eight-time champions moved to second position on the Group A table following the win. El-Kanemi Warriors remain rooted to last position on the table and will need to win their remaining two games to escape relegation . Group A leaders Bendel Insurance extended their unbeaten streak to 16 games after they held their hosts Gombe United to a 0-0 draw at the Pantami Township Stadium. Monday Odigie’s side are now two games away from…
Bendel Insurance midfield maestro, Divine Nwachukwu is on ‘cloud 9’ after scoring his maiden goal at the ongoing Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) against Remo Stars in Ikenne at the weekend. The workaholic midfield dazzler could not hide his excitement after scoring his first top-flight goal to help his side extend their Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) unbeaten run to 14 games. Group A leaders Insurance after going down 1-0 to Remo’s Franck Kwame’s goal in the 16th minute, saw Nwachukwu turn the heat on the home side via a flick from Ismail Sarki off Ebuka Akonbudu’s cross to drag…
Strategic partners of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), GTI Group have revealed that their mission is to put in place a structured, reformed and transparent football ecosystem in the country working with the Interim Management Committee (IMC). The Executive Director of GTI Asset Management & Trust Limited, Ine Nelson, gave the assurance while speaking to a section of the media recently in Lagos. He affirmed that it is the vision of the company to also make the league contribute at least 0.5 percent to the nation’s GDP in the next couple of years. Ine also noted that the league…
Veteran sports journalist and Editor of longstanding Mitchell Obi has thumbed up the strategic partnership that exists between GTI and Hon. Gbenga Elegbeleye-led Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL). Speaking during the well-attended IMC Media Parley held recently at GTI office in Lagos, the highly travelled and legendary sports journalist said the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) is undergoing a revolution that will see our beautiful game rise again in the continent. He charged the sporting media to support the laudable partnership between GTI and IMC and ensure that NPFL is given media visibility with…
Nigeria’s sports media legend, Michel ‘The Grand Master’ Obi has tasked the sporting press to do more for the nation’s domestic league. Obi who spoke yesterday in Lagos also lauded the strategic partnership between GTI and the Gbenga Elegbeleye led Interim League Management Committee (IMC). Obi noted that for the league to be taken to the next level the sporting press need to put it in the front burner insisting that “it is our own and we must promote it.” Obi pointed out that the Nigerian league can in the next couple of years become as competitive as any other…
When The Nigeria Football Fund (TNFF) was officially unveiled to would-be investors and football stakeholders in the country on Tuesday, March 22, 2022, it received a rousing hearty welcome because the fund came with a lot of features aimed at turning our football industry from its obscure recreational status to a pure business enterprise. Many invitees who witnessed the epoch-making event attested to the fact that TNFF is very different from other existing Funds in the market. As a kicker, an investor in TNFF will notice that the fund has three major unique irresistible and rewarding features different from other funds in…
Nelson Ine, a vastly experienced Chartered Stockbroker and staunch football supporter believed the novel The Nigeria Football Fund (TNFF) can be the cure-all medicine for the maladies inherent in Nigerian domestic football system. MORAKINYO ABODUNRIN writes, via The Nation Newspaper. In Nelson Ine, an Executive Director at GTI Asset Management & Trust Ltd, there’s the truism that ‘you don’t judge a book by its cover’ and as matter of fact, he seemed to be an unlikely football fan just by mere looking. But Ine is an antithesis judging by mere look; rather, he’s indeed a football man through-and-through in words and…