The top two teams on the 2021/2022 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) table Rivers United and Plateau United suffered defeat on the same day for the first time this season as Matchday 24 reached an enthralling climax on Thursday. With 17 goals scored in five matches on Wednesday, 15 more were banged in in the other five decided on Thursday …

Attention will be focused on Akure and Owerri centres as Week 24 fixtures of this season’s Nigeria Professional Football League are concluded this Thursday. The outcomes will not affect the standings of table-topping Rivers United or No 2 Plateau United, but they may witness the widening or closing of gaps between both frontrunners. Rivers United take a four-point advantage at …

Remo Stars got ahead of Rangers to now occupy the third position on the log of this season’s Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). That spot is crucial as it allows the team so placed to represent Nigeria in next season CAF Confederation Cup, Africa’s second tier club competition. Since Matchday 17, the Sky Blue Stars, who returned to the topflight …

First and second places are at the moment farfetched for Rangers, Remo Stars and Kwara United, all of whom are on show this Wednesday as the Nigeria Professional Football League 2021/22 enters Week 24. There are 42 points to fight for but both frontrunners have created a gulf between them and their chasing rivals. Four points separate Rivers United and …

By winning the topmost clash of Matchday 23 on Easter Monday, Rivers United maintained their four-point advantage at the summit of the 2021/22 Nigeria Professional League (NPFL). Two goals by Ishaq Rafiu and Chiamaka Madu delivered the result against Enyimba at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in Port Harcourt; a seeming response to the same scoreline achieved by Plateau United against …

Kano Pillars will lose three points for “repeated breaches of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) Framework and Rules”. The team have also been banished to MKO Abiola Stadium in Abuja for their remaining home matches in the current season, while the Sani Abacha Stadium is indefinitely closed down to league games. Kano Pillars have seven home matches remaining this …

Fifteen rounds of matches to wrap up the season, it’s becoming tighter at the back. Five of the concluded seven fixtures on Saturday ended in shared honours, two with barren outcomes. The eighth match, which happens to be the first game for Kano Pillars back on their home ground in two years, ended in controversy. Match officials reportedly stopped the …

Remo Stars and Kwara United contend with third spot with Rangers as the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) enters Week 23 with eight matches on Saturday and the final pair the day after to complete a festival season of action. The two chasing teams – Remo Stars and Kwara United – are on the road, and a point and two …

Enyimba achieve the double over rivals Rangers as top striker Victor Mbaoma struck twice for the visitors in between Ossy Martins’ equaliser. The result opens the door for Remo Stars who travel to Okigwe to face Heartland on Tuesday. Victory against the bottom placed side will enable the Sky Blue Stars usurp Rangers’ position at No 3. Rangers drew the …

The two frontrunners in the topflight of Nigeria’s domestic league – Rivers United and Plateau United – are on the road this Matchday. Plateau United will file out at the Kwara Sports Complex in Ilorin on Monday, while the Pride of Rivers are guests of Katsina United the day after. Leaders Rivers United, the best attacking team this season with …