Nigerian Premier Football League
3 Oct
Former champions, Enyimba of Aba, yesterday, defeated Akwa United by a lone goal to move to the third position in the four-week-old 2024/25 Nigerian Premier Football League.
14 Jun 2024
Relegation-threatened Bayelsa United will host Shooting Stars in a 2 PM kickoff live on StarTimes this Sunday, June 16. Both teams have everything to play for, with Bayelsa United just one point away from the drop and Shooting Stars aiming for a top-three finish and a continental ticket. The match will air on StarTimes Beta…
14 Jun 2024
This Sunday’s Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) encounter between Sporting Lagos and Enyimba is shaping up to be a nail-biter, with both teams battling for their lives at opposite ends of the table. The match, airing live on StarTimes Beta Sports Channel 244 at 4 PM, will have major ramifications for both the relegation battle…
31 May 2024
The Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) has reiterated that the broadcast rights’ deal signed with Startimes was not just the only offer it received at the time, but the best-negotiated partnership that came after over six years of the league not shown on television. NPFL Chairman, Gbenga Elegbeleye, made this submission in response to a…
30 May 2024
Data released by the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) Competitions Unit shows that a total of 1,311 cards (1,268 yellow cards and 43 red cards) were issued to erring players in 330 games, after matchday 33 of the season. The data also indicated that an average of over two goals per match were scored after…
24 Apr 2024
Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, has increased Calabar Rovers’ subvention by 100 per cent as an incentive to aid the state-owned club’s bid to return to the Nigerian Premier Football League (NPFL).
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Senator Asuquo Ekpeyong, representing Cross River South, has been recognised as one of Nigeria's most promising young leaders at THISDAY's 30th commemoration awards ceremony. The prestigious event, held at the Convention Centre, Eko Hotels in Victoria Island, Lagos, celebrated individuals and institutions that have demonstrated exceptional resilience and innovation across various sectors. Under the theme…
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Rwanda-backed fighters controlled most of the besieged DR Congo city of Goma on Wednesday as residents slowly emerged from their homes after days of deadly fighting in the key mineral trading hub.
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The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has arraigned former presidential candidate and activist, Omoyele Sowore, over his 'controversial' comment on the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun. The police on Wednesday arraigned Sowore on charges of cybercrime before Justice Musa Liman of the Federal High Court Abuja. Sowore had rejected a revised bail condition imposed…
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Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has ascribed the delay in the appointment of new commissioners to drive his policy forward to the state assembly, which is currently on recess. Sule, who blamed the delay in announcing his new appointees on the lawmakers’ recess, noted that he cannot take any step until the state assembly…
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The Federal Capital Territory High Court, on Wednesday, adjourned the trial in the alleged money laundering case against the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, to April 3 and 24, and May 6, 2024. Justice Maryann Anenih adjourned the case for the continuation of the hearing after the first witness, Fabian Nworah, a…
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The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, will be advancing lofty regional policing initiatives aimed at ensuring watertight security in Africa at the global conference holding in Kigali, Rwanda. Egbetokun, in his capacity as the Chairperson of the West Africa Police Chiefs Committee (WAPCCO), accompanied by senior police officers, including the CP Interpol, Olaolu Adegbite,…
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London's Heathrow Airport, which on Wednesday won the backing of the UK government to build a third runway, is Europe's biggest hub in terms of passengers.
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The immediate past Commissioner for Information in Akwa Ibom, Ini Ememobong, has slammed those who petitioned a former governor of the state, Mr Udom Emmanuel, saying the ex-governor is being subjected to a “sustained vitriolic media trial.” Ememobong described the alleged media trial of Emmanuel as unfair and questionable. The Guardian reports that a group…
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The vast majority of Greenland residents do not want their island to become part of the United States as envisaged by President Donald Trump, according to a poll published Wednesday.
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The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) under the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), has neutralized scores of Boko Haram terrorists and destroyed key structures in Borno State. According to a statement by security analyst and counterinsurgency expert, Zagazola Makama on Wednesday, NAF carried out a night air interdiction in Degbewa and Chikide, Gwoza Local…