Season ends with one more team to be relegated  Focus will be on six centres as the curtain is drawn on the 2021/22 season of the Nigeria Professional Football League this Sunday. From either of two venues – Owerri and Ikenne-Remo – will emerge one of Nigeria’s two representatives in next season’s CAF Confederation Cup, while one of the other …

By Fisayo Dairo Port Harcourt, the biggest city in South-South Nigeria, has enjoyed its fair share of footballing successes well etched in the annals of history of the country. From the Eagle Cement of the 90s to Dolphins in the 2000s, the famed Garden City has had football glory embedded in its aesthetic and aquatic splendour. As the curtains fall …

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 …

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 …

Log leaders Rivers United are back to having a 10-point advantage over their closest rivals Plateau United, and there are now have 15 more points to contest for. With two more wins out of five remaining matches, the Pride of Rivers will touch their hands of the Nigeria Professional Football League title for the first time. On Matchday 33, Rivers …

By George Akpayen and Andrew Randa, LMC The Nigeria Professional Football League 2021/22 season enters its deep end with the title race looking almost sewn up by Rivers United, while the battle for survival is very much alive. This weekend, Matchday 33 offers tantalizing fixtures with Rivers United looking to re-open a possible 10-point lead at the summit when they …

Despite the setback this evening, the destination of this season’s Nigeria Professional Football League title is all but certain. Playing in front of their fans at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium in Bauchi, Wikki Tourists got their revenge over Rivers United having lost the first leg 0-3 in Port Harcourt. Manu Garba’s 14th minute goal was all that mattered in that …

By Fisayo Dairo and LMC reporters Seven more matches to wrap up the 2021/22 Nigeria Professional Football League season, and Rivers United are closer to breaking the jinx of claiming Nigeria’s topflight league title. By winning the clash of the top two this evening in Port Harcourt, the Pride of Rivers have gone 10 points clear of Plateau United, who …

By Rabark Bakare, LMC Media  Rivers United continued to exert their superiority over other teams with their fifth away win of the season through a 3-2 outcome in Uyo over Dakkada in Matchday 30 of this season’s Nigeria Professional Football League. In the absence of the season’s top scorer, Ishaq Rafiu (14 goals), Chijioke Akuneto held forth scoring once for …