By Fisayo Dairo, LMC Media Second placed Plateau United on Sunday secured a 3-1 win over Wikki Tourists in Jos to reduce to four points Rivers United’s cushion at the summit of this season’s Nigeria Professional Football League. Plateau’s win was one of five home victories recorded out of the six Matchday 28 games decided on Sunday. With all three …

When this Matchday is concluded tomorrow, this season’s Nigeria Professional Football League will have 10 more rounds of matches to wrap it all up. If they keep their eyes on the ball, Rivers United will break the jinx by winning the top flight league for the first time in their present status. One of their two precursors – Dolphins FC …

Rivers United continued to dictate the pace of the league  after a routine 5-0 home win over MFM saw them open a seven point gap at the top of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). The remaining eight fixtures of Matchday 27 games were concluded on Sunday. Rivers United were a goal up after only 17 minutes through Nelson Esor. …

Eleven Matchdays to end the 2021/22 season of the Nigeria Professional Football League, Rivers United remain on top of table by four points over their perennial chasers Plateau United. And if the trend is to be considered, the Pride of Rivers may extend the gap at the end of Sunday’s games. While Rivers United will be welcoming troubled MFM to …

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 …