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NPFL: Ikorodu City score late to earn point against Remo Stars, Rivers United back on top

NPFL: Ikorodu City score late to earn point against Remo Stars, Rivers United back on top

Ikorodu City scored a late equaliser to earn a 1-1 draw, and denied Remo Stars a win in the South West derby in the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) on Sunday, Afrosport reports. The Skye-Blue stars drew the first blood at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena in the eighth minute when Ibrahim Shuaib got on to a quickly-taken throw, before hitting the back of the net. Remo...

NPFL: Shooting Stars upset Pillars in Kano, edge closer to continental spot

NPFL: Shooting Stars edge Sunshine Stars in Southwest Derby

Alex Aghaowa's first-half goal earned Shooting Stars a 1-0 win away at Southwest rivals, Sunshine Stars in Ikenne in a matchday 16 encounter in the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), Afrosport reports. The defender dashed forward and made his presence count upfront by slotting the ball past the Sunshine Stars goalkeeper after a brilliant team move in the 28th minute. Shooting Stars goalkeeper Mustapha Lawal kept...

NPFL: Lobi Stars edge Kwara United, Rivers United battle Kano Pillars

NPFL: Lobi Stars edge Kwara United, Rivers United battle Kano Pillars

Lobi Stars returned to winning ways after defeating Kwara United 1-0 on Saturday at the Lafia City stadium in a matchday 15 encounter in the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), Afrosport reports. Peter Onah netted the only goal of the game in the 26th minute when he collected a well-crafted pass from Ifeanyi Assurance, before firing past Kwara United's goalkeeper. The goal sealed victory and maximum...

Gbenga Ogunbote to appear before NPFL disciplinary panel

Gbenga Ogunbote to appear before NPFL disciplinary panel

The board of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) has invited the Head Coach of Shooting Stars, Gbenga Ogunbote for an investigative hearing over comments he made after their southwest derby defeat to Ikorodu City on November 17 in Lagos, http://Afrosport reports. The League governing body has considered some of his words a breach of the code of conduct for NPFL Coaches, and the former Sunshine...