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    Sports BREAKING: Plateau United Wins 2016/2017 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) Title

    Plateau United have been crowned champions of the Nigeria Professional Football League - 2016/17 season after beating Enugu Rangers 1 - 0 at home This is their first league trophy in the history of the club More details later...
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    Sports FC Ifeanyi Ubah Bus In Road Accident, Two Players Unconscious, Others Injured

    A bus conveying FC Ifeanyi Ubah team players and some officials to to Ijebu Ode to honour the NPFL Matchday 36 fixture with Sunshine Stars billed for this Sunday, 3rd of September, 2017 has, Friday, has been involved in a road accident. Many players sustained different injuries while two are...
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    Sports NPFL: LMC Suspends 6 Referees

    The League Management Company on Tuesday suspended six match officials adjudged to have fallen below the standards that it expected of then in the Nigeria Football Professional League. According to the domestic league’s governing body, the referees will not referee any games for the...
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    Sports Nigerian Club, Mighty Jets, Sacks 40 Players at Once

    Mighty Jets FC, a second-tier side in the Nigeria National League, have sacked 40 players out of their 65-man squad for underperforming. The Jos-based football club which seats currently on the seventh position in the 13-team Northern Conference of the Nigeria National League (NNL) have...
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    Sports Rivers United Defeat Villarreal in Pre-season Match

    Nigerian Professional Football League side, Rivers United have continued their fine pre-season form as they defeated Villarreal B team 0-1 in their first tune up game in Spain. The coach, Stanley Eguma’s side flew to Spain after piping Enugu Rangers to the NPFL Super Four trophy and have...
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    Sports Rivers United Lifts 2016 NPFL Super-4 Trophy

    Rivers United FC of Port Harcourt won the 2016 Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) Super-4 Tournament just-concluded at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu on Sunday. The Port Harcourt-side won the trophy with 6-points and three goals after winning two matches out of three matches it...
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    Sports The Fraud That Goes on in Nigerian Leagues – Ex-NFF Sec-Gen Ojo-Oba

    Former Secretary-General of the Nigeria Football Federation, Bolaji Ojo-Oba, has lamented the state of the country’s football, alleging that club administrators and coaches bribe referees to win domestic league matches. Ojo-Oba stated this in Lagos at a seminar to herald the 2016 South-West...
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    Sports 5 Highest Paid Players In Nigerian League And Their Suprising Wages

    The influx of cash into football has trickled down into the Nigeria Professional League as players now smile home with hefty pay package unlike in the past. Owngoalnigeria.com recently concluded surveys on the top earning players in the Nigerian league, and while it is accepted that findings...
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    Sports [LIST] 5 Highest Paid Players in Nigerian Football League

    Nigerian football league players are starting to benefit from the recent influx of cash into the league. According to OwnGoalNigeria, there have been a steady flow of money into the league, with players now earning as much as 800,000 Naira as monthly pay since Shehu Dikko became chairman of...
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    Sports Niger Tornadoes Sack 11 Players

    Niger Tornadoes have announced that the club is releasing 11 players, after the just-concluded Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) season. The Minna team finished in 12th place with 49 points, 14 behind Enugu Rangers who won the title. Tornadoes have done a review of the last season...
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    Sports There Was Prophecy That Enugu Rangers Will Win The League – Father Mbaka

    Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka of the Catholic Adoration Ministries Enugu on Wednesday presented N2 million and decoders to players and officials of Rangers FC for winning the league. Mbaka made the presentation at the dedication of the league trophy to God at the ministry by the club. The cleric...
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    Sports All You Need To Know About The 3 Teams Promoted To NPFL

    The 2015/16 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) proved to be a historic one as Enugu Rangers finally ended their 32-year drought to clinch the title. It turned out to be nightmare season for the likes of Warri Wolves, Heartland, Ikorodu United and Giwa FC who were demoted to the...
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    Sports Rangers Coach, Imama Amakapabo’s Words After Winning NPFL

    Head coach of Enugu Rangers, Imama Amakapabo, has expressed his happiness after helping the club to win their first Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) title after 32 years. The Flying Antelopes crushed El-Kanemi Warriors 4-0 in their last fixture of the season, to be confirmed new...
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    Sports NPFL Champion To Receive N40m

    The winners of this season’s Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), will earn N40million, the League Management Company (LMC) has announced. Enugu Rangers are likely to be the receipients of the prize money, as they sit on top with 60 points from 35 matches. They have three more points...
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    Sports Enugu Rangers Emerge Nigeria League Champions

    Enugu Rangers have emerged winners of the Nigeria Professional Football League trophy. The Flying Antelopes survived a late scare to beat Ikorodu United 2 - 1 away from home to grab the trophy, with 60 points and one game to spare. Wikki Tourists and Rivers United who were all in the hunt for...
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    Sports Shooting Stars Players Begin Strike

    Players of Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) club, Shooting Stars refused to train on Tuesday, in protest of non-payment of their salaries. According to reports, the players are being owed five months’ salaries and bonuses for 10 matches. It is understood that the strike was...
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    Sports LMC Rubbishes Court Order, Vows To Continue Nigeria League

    The League Management Company (LMC), has insisted that it is not aware of the court order, stopping the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). Justice I.I Kunda of a Plateau State High Court, had delivered the ruling on Wednesday, in a suit brought by Giwa FC seeking reinstatement to...
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    Sports Court Suspends Nigeria Professional Football League

    Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) has been suspended indefinitely until the League Management Committee (LMC) fully complies with the earlier order of the Jos High Court reinstating Giwa FC back to the league. Proprietor of Giwa Football Club, Ambassador Chris Giwa had dragged...
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    Sports Referees Threaten to Boycott Nigerian League Matches Over Assaults

    Nigeria Referees Association President (NRA) Tade Azeez has hinted that they might pull out of Nigerian leagues owing to unending assaults on match officials. In less than few days after vowing to boycott games in the Nigeria National League due to maltreatment of referees. Angry fans...
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    Sports Nigeria Professional Football League: See Results of Match Day 7 Fixtures

    Following are the results of Match Day 7 fixtures in the 2015/2016 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), played on Sunday and Saturday: Ikorodu United FC 1-2 Giwa FC El-Kanemi Warriors FC 2-1 FC IfeanyiUbah Heartland FC 1-0 MFM FC Plateau United 2-1 Lobi Stars Rangers International...
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