The rains delayed the restart of the match in Ikenne-Remo with both sides going into the changing room at 1-1. Jonathan Alukwu’s 21st minute goal gave visiting Sporting Lagos an advantage in the MatchDay 4 of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) fixture, but Togolese Kwame Franck Mawuena resorted parity in the 31st minute. Eighteen minutes into the second half, …

MatchDay 2 of this season’s Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) will be concluded in seven centres this Sunday with the top clash being that between last season’s runners-up Remo Stars and Rangers. Also on the card is the match in Gombe where Enyimba will open their title defence against Gombe United. Remo had a date with Rivers United in Port …

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 …

Newly promoted Nigeria Professional Football League side, Sporting Lagos, claimed the maiden Naija Super 8 tournament after beating Remo Stars 4-2 on penalties in a tense final inside a sold-out Mobolaji Johnson Arena on Sunday. Both clubs clashed for the second time in the competition, with Sporting triumphing 2-1 in the group clash. With the prize money of N25 million …

The disciplinary committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has overturned the verdict of the Interim Management Committee (IMC), which had deducted points from Remo Stars and Wikki Tourists. This is coming as the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) is in its decisive last three matches of the regular season. Matchday 16 will be played across the country this weekend …

Matchday 14 will be concluded this evening with games across nine centres. Thereafter, each team have four more matches to determine whether they will progress to the Super 6 and contest for the title, stay on in the elite Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), or be kicked downstairs to the lower division. No team in the two groups of 10 …

Remo Stars have been docked three points and three goals, amongst other sanctions imposed on the club by the Interim Management Committee (IMC). This follows the assault on match referee Ndubuisi Ukah and subsequent disruption of the MatchDay 12 fixture of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) against Gombe United last Sunday. The match had to be concluded the next …

For the second Matchday in a row, Remo Stars suffered defeat. But that is not enough to shake the Sky Blue Stars off the second spot as they stay four points behind Bendel Insurance in Group A of the Nigeria Professional Football League for the 2022/23 season. In the Matchday 6 encounter at the Nest of Champions in Uyo, Cyril …

For the first time this season, Bendel Insurance dropped points in this season’s Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). But the Benin Arsenal will remain top of Group A as Matchday 6 are concluded in eight centres today. Insurance won all five of their matches – three of them on the road. But they could not add to their winning streak …

Enyimba coach George Finidi is talking tough ahead of their away battle against Ikenne-based Remo Stars in their Matchday 5 fixture of the 2023 Nigeria Premier Football League season. The home side are second on the log in Group A, three points behind sensational Bendel Insurance, while Enyimba are third, two points shy of Remo Stars. The two-time African champions …