Matchday 3 of this season’s Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) ended on Sunday with seven matches, and Bendel Insurance remaining on top of the table. The Benin Arsenals have recorded six points, just as four other teams but have the edge on goal advantage. Insurance have a plus three goal advantage, and are the only side among the quartet on …

After two back-to-back wins – both at home – last season’s sensational team Bendel Insurance have shot into the top of the fledging table for the 2023/24 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) season, which is now in Week 3. The Benin Arsenals pipped Plateau United 1-0 through Benjamin Tanimu’s 15th minute strike from the spot. Insurance had defeated Shooting Stars …

Chairman of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), Hon. Gbenga Elegbeleye has congratulated Bendel Insurance for scaling the first qualifying hurdle of the CAF Confederation Cup, describing the Benin Arsenal’s win as another confirmation of the resurgence of the domestic league. On Saturday, Insurance beat Algerian side ASO Chief 4-3 on penalties to reach the next round of the qualifying …

Imade Osarenkhoe’s strike from six yards on the dot of half time, after handball in the box by Rangers’ defender Chinemerem Ugwueze, handed Bendel Insurance this year’s NFF-TINGO Federation Cup title and a ticket to represent Nigeria in next season’s CAF Confederation Cup competition. The Benin Arsenal will join Rivers United, who finished third in the just concluded Nigeria Premier …

The grand finale of this year’s NFF-TINGO Federation Cup men and women competitions will take place at the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba today, and the Delta State capital is already on tenterhooks for the two big encounters. The last time they were here for the Federation Cup finale, Rivers Angels emerged victorious. That was in 2018. The girls from Port …

Bendel Insurance became the first team to be eliminated from the title race of this season’s Nigeria Premier League after losing 1-2 to Rivers United 0-2 on Matchday 4 of the championship playoff involving six teams. Insurance were considered one of the favourites to challenge for the title after going through the 18-match group phase without losing a match. But …

This year’s final of the Federation Cup is a repeat of that played 45 and 42 years ago. While none of the players of Bendel Insurance and Rangers were born then, they and their fans will be familiar with the finals of the Challenge Cup (as the Federation Cup was then known). Insurance thrashed Rangers 3-0 to lift the title …

Bendel Insurance have confirmed their spot in the Super 6 of the 2022/23 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), while Lobi Stars will need just a point in their last match against Wikki Tourists. It’s a home fixture for the Makurdi club. Despite being forced to 1-1 at home by Shooting Stars, the Insurance result leaves three teams in Group A …

One thing is certain today as the 2022/23 season of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) reaches the penultimate week: Bendel Insurance will confirm their spot in the Super 6, and be in a position to push for the title. As the table in Group A stands, the only cog in the wheel for the Benin side is a most …

Bendel Insurance are all but certain of being among the teams that will compete in the Super 6 for this season’s Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) title. At the Pantami Township Stadium in Gombe on Sunday evening, the Benin Arsenal maintained their ground-breaking unbeaten run of the season with a goalless result against hosts, Gombe. That result means that Insurance …