Author: m.green
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…
Bendel Insurance top scorer Imade Osarenkhoe on the prowl. Some of the matches for the first phase of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) were successfully concluded last weekend with Bendel Insurance FC of Benin in Group A maintaining their unbeaten run since the commencement of the 2022/2023 abridged league, while in Group B, Lobi Stars extended their lead at the summit to four points with a 2-0 home win over visiting Doma United. In Group A top-of-the table clash between Bendel Insurance and Enyimba at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium on Sunday, February 19, lived up to its billing as…
Everywhere in the world, football (the king of all sports) is fast becoming an instrument used in testing the socio-political and economic strength of a nation. It has also proved to be one of the major employers of labour following the large number of active sportsmen and women that have been attracted to this beautiful game. The European nations whose leagues are the most glamourous in the world can boast of a stronger economy than Nigeria and some other African nations. No wonder these European nations can afford a huge transfer value placed on the players who ply their trades…