Nasarawa United mounted a guard of honour for new champions Rivers United at the New Jos Stadium but went on claim victory that keep the Solid Miners nursing a faint hope of playing in the continent next season. The result means that Nasarawa are six points adrift of third placed Remo Stars with three matches to end the season. Five …

Rivers United are champions of the 2021/22 Nigeria Professional Football League! And it is for the first time in their history!! Interestingly, Rivers United’s triumph was sealed in the home of the outgoing champions, Akwa United. By beating Plateau United 2-1 in the Matchday 35 encounter on Saturday, the Promise Keepers handed over the title to the Pride of Rivers …

Without kicking a ball, Rivers United may be crowned champions of this season’s Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). And given Plateau United’s recent form, this prospect is not farfetched. In second place since Matchday 14, Plateau United arrived in Uyo to face Akwa United in one of Saturday’s two fixtures with no point in six away games. The consequence of …

The second edition of Croccity Soccer League, the first 5-a -side football league in the northern part of Nigeria, will hold from 1st July to 1st October, this year at the grounds of Murtala Muhammed Square, Kaduna. Known this time as the Croccity Football for Peace Tournament 2022, the competition is organised by DefMedia in partnership with the Kaduna State …

The Golden Eaglets have made up for their absence at the last edition of Africa’s U17 championship in Morocco by picking a ticket to the next one in Algeria holding next year. Nigeria became the third team to book a place in the finals after hosts Algeria and Egypt emerging from the West Zone B of the qualifiers beating their …

This season’s title race in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) may be over next Sunday. The Matchday 35 fixture at the New Jos Stadium where Nasarawa United play their home matches will deliver the crown to Rivers United if the visiting side achieve at least the same result as chasing Plateau United, who will also be playing away to …

Rivers United are get closer to lifting this season’s Nigeria Professional Football League title. But Plateau United are just not letting go. The Pride of Rivers held their own against Rangers in Awka City Stadium on Saturday to gain a point and go 11 points clear at the top. But if Plateau achieve result in Jos against Gombe United this …

Majority of speakers at the maiden Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) Twitter Space tipped Victor Mbaoma of Enyimba International to emerge the highest goals scorer at the end of the 2021/22 season. Mbaoma, with 15 goals after MatchDay 33, is locked with three others in the race for the Golden Boot. But it is Rivers United’s Chijioke Akuneto who leads …

While anticipation builds for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar starting in November, the world’s football governing body of association football announced on Thursday night the 16 cities that will host the 2026 edition. A joint hosting bid was won by Canada, Mexico and the United States in June 2018, making 2026 World Cup to first to be anchored …

By Andrew Randa For a long period, the 2021/22 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) season has been a two-way battle between 2017 champions Plateau United and Rivers United. The two teams have been slugging it out until Rivers United opened a five-point gap, then seven, and it has now extended to 10 at the top of the log. Powered by …