By Mohammed Yusuf Suleiman, LMC Media Matchday 26 of the Nigeria Professional Football League (Season 2021/22) was concluded on Sunday with seven matches, as against three the day before. As Plateau United did 24 hours earlier, Rivers United also lost on their trip to Ilorin where Kwara United won 2-1 to keep the gap between the Pride of Rivers at …

By Tony Ademodi and Alhassan Mohammed Kutigi Plateau United again failed to rattle Rivers United at the top of the 2021/22 Nigeria Premier Football League, which entered Week 26 on Saturday with three games in as many centres. Desperate to survive the drop, Dakkada United improved their survival chances by handling their title-chasing visitors from Jos a lone goal defeat …

One more match remains as Matchday 25 of the Nigeria Professional Football League season 2021/22 on Wednesday. Katsina United, who lost away to Gombe United on Sunday, triumph this evening at the Muhammadu Dikko Stadium in Katsina in a rescheduled Matchday 20 fixture to move out of the relegation zone. Mustapha Salisu accounted for Katsina’s goals, first in the 42nd …

In another 13 weeks, the 2021/22 Nigeria Premier Football League season will be done and dusted. As it stands, the champions will emerge from among two of the seven “Uniteds” in the 20-team league. Stand up Rivers and Plateau Uniteds! Both teams have established a gulf between themselves and the other title chasing sides. While Rivers United, at 52 points, …

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 …

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 …

The protracted Matchday 22 of the Nigeria Premier Football League (2021/22 season), which opened on Sunday, finally ended on Wednesday with Rivers United affirming their status as table toppers. The Pride of Rivers have now established a four-point gap between themselves and Plateau United, in second place. Rivers United’s Joseph Onoja waited till the last minute of regulation time at …

Their places remain the same – Rivers are No 1 on the log, while Plateau United stay second as Matchday 21 fixtures of the Nigeria Premier Football League for 2021/22 season ended on Thursday evening. Both sides are separated by two points with Rivers United having 46 points and a plus 23 goal advantage. Plateau United’s goal difference at 44 …

Log leaders Rivers United and their perennial chasers, Plateau United play in front of their fans in the closing stanza of Matchday 21 of the 2021/22 Nigeria Professional Football League, the top flight of the country’s club football. Two points separate both teams, which means that any slip up may see Rivers United relinquish the top spot for the first …