2016 NPL match day nine results, scorers and table

*Sunshine Stars     2    Shooting Stars    1
Dele Olorundare -Sunshine Stars (6 mins)
Tope Orelope    -Shooting Stars (63 mins)
Okiki Afolabi   -Sunshine Stars (77 mins)

*Ikorodu Utd        2   Rivers United     3
Guy Kuemian -Rivers United (9 mins)
Ifegwu Ojukwu -Ikorodu Utd (59 mins)
Nonso Okonkwo -Rivers United
Wilson Andoh  -Rivers United

*El-Kanemi Warriors 3 Nasarawa Utd    0
Auta Yakubu        (11 mins)
Daniel Japhet     (87 mins)
Chinedu Ohanachom (89 mins)

*Heartland          2     FC Giwa         0
Roland Koffi

*Kano Pillars       2     IfeanyiUbah     0
Prince Aggreh    (28 mins)
Suleiman Usman   (47 mins)
 
*Rangers            2     Enyimba         1
Joseph Osadiaye   -Enyimba    (14 mins)
Godwin Aguda      -Rangers     (21 mins)
Chisom Egbuchulam -Rangers (37 mins)

*Abia Warriors      1    Niger Tornadoes   0
Chisom Chikatara (83 mins)



*Plateau Utd        1 MFM, Lagos      1
 
*Warri Wolves       0 Lobi Stars      0

*Wikki Tourists     0 Akwa Utd        0

2016 NPL Match day nine fixtures

Sunday, March 27

Sunshine Stars   vs Shooting Stars
Ikorodu Utd       vs Dolphins
El-Kanemi          vs Nasarawa Utd
Heartland          vs FC Giwa
Kano Pillars      vs IfeanyiUbah
Plateau Utd      vs MFM, Lagos
Rangers            vs Enyimba
Warri Wolves   vs Lobi Stars
Wikki Tourists vs Akwa Utd
Abia Warriors  vs Niger Tornadoes

2016 NPL: Eduwo turns third player to net hat-trick

2016 Nigeria Premier League:

Kingsley Eduwo has become the third player to score a hat-trick this season in the Nigeria Premier League.

Eduwo became the match hero on Wednesday with his feat at the Aper Aku Stadium, Makurdi which helped Lobi Stars to dim visiting Enugu Rangers 3-1, in a match day eight NPL fixture.
 
The former Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) forward opened the scoring in the seventh  minute of the game off an assist from Tony Okpotu.
 
Eduwo doubled the lead before half time, while Chisom Egbuchulam reduced the tally for Rangers in the 83rd.
 
Four minutes later, the former Sunshine Stars striker, Eduwo completed the demolition of the Flying Antelopes with another goal, a feat which earned him the match ball as souvenir.
 
It will be recalled that Wasiu Jimoh became the first player this season to score a hat-trick in the 3-0 pounding of newly-promoted MFM of Lagos in a match day three fixture at the Lekan Salami Stadium, Ibadan.
 
Rabiu Ali later equalled the feat when he scored all goals for Kano Pillars in the 3-2 victory over Akwa United in a match day five fixture at the Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano.

Caption: Kingsley Eduwo (right) battles for ball possession during a league game last season.

2016 Nigeria Premier League match day eight results, scorers

*Lobi Stars       3  Enugu Rangers      1
Kingsley Eduwo            -Lobi Stars    (7 mins)
Kinsgley Eduwo            -Lobi Stars    (45 mins)
Chisom Egbuchulam     -Rangers      (83 mins)
Kinsgley Eduwo          -Lobi Stars     (87 mins)

*Niger Tornadoes   2 Shooting Stars 1
Wilfred Ammeh -Tornadoes            (7 mins)
Lukman Ammeh  -Tornadoes        (17 mins)
Babatunde Bright -Shooting Stars (43 mins)

* MFM, Lagos   1 Kano Pillars   1
Musa Newman -MFM 
Rabiu Ali          -Kano Pillars

*FC IfeanyiUbah 1 Heartland    0
William Da Silva-(7 mins)
 
*Enyimba 1 Plateau United 0
Joseph Osadiaye (29 mins)

*Nasarawa United 2 Ikorodu United 0
Ishaya Anyu                   (21 mins)
Abdulrahman Bashir     (42 mins)

*FC Giwa     1 El-Kanemi Warriors   1
 Ibrahim Akide -FC Giwa              ( 1 min)
Mustapha Ibrahim -El-Kanemi   (11 mins)

*Abia Warriors   0 Wikki  Tourists   0

*Rivers United  0 Sunshine  Stars    0

*Akwa United   0  Warri Wolves      0

2016 Nigeria Premier League Match day 8 fixtures

Wednesday, March 23

Dolphins                vs Sunshine Stars
FC Giwa                vs El-Kanemi Warriors
FC IfeanyiUbah    vs Heartland
MFM, Lagos        vs Kano Pillars
Enyimba                vs Plateau United
Lobi Stars             vs Enugu Rangers
Akwa United         vs Warri Wolves
Abia Warriors       vs Wikki Tourists
Niger Tornadoes  vs Shooting Stars

Thursday, March 24

Nasarawa United vs Ikorodu United

2016 Nigeria Premier League Match day 7 results, scorers

*Shooting Stars 1 Rivers United 0
Wasiu Jimoh (40 mins)

*Ikorodu United 1  FC Giwa     2
David Sunday -FC Giwa     (15 mins)
Ifegwu Ojukwu-Ikorodu Utd (19 mins)
Amos Gyang -FC Giwa     (88 mins)

*Enugu Rangers 3 Akwa United 0
Bobby Clement        (34 mins)
Tope Olusesi             (52 mins)
Chisom Egbuchulam (73 mins)

*Heartland 1 MFM, Lagos 0
Fortune Omoniwari (31 mins)

* El-Kanemi Warriors 2 FC IfeanyiUbah 1

* Plateau United 2 Lobi Stars 1

* Wikki Tourists 2 Niger Tornadoes 1

* Warri Wolves  1 Abia Warriors 0
  Osanga King (53 mins)



**********Rescheduled game result ************

*Akwa United 3 Ikorodu United 0

Ubong Ekpai     (1st half)
Harrison Ibukun (51 mins)
Cyril Olisema   (2nd half)

2016 Nigeria Premier League match day six results, scorers

* Akwa United   2     Plateau United  0 
Ubong Friday (29, 78 mins)

*MFM, Lagos    3 El-Kanemi  Warriors  1
 Stephen Odey   -MFM       (26 mins)
Julius Emiloju    -MFM           (47 mins)
Japhet Daniel    -El-Kanemi   (56 mins)
Samuel Onuwa   -MFM       (75 mins)


*Lobi Stars    2 Kano Pillars       2
Tony Okpotu    -Lobi Stars   (16 mins)
Prince Aggreh  -Kano Pillars (17 mins)
Moses Bunde    -Lobi Stars   (own goal, 32 mins)
Raphael Ayagwa -Lobi Stars  (62 mins)

*Niger Tornadoes     3        Rivers United   2 
Ismaila Gata       -Tornadoes  (45 mins)
Gabriel Wassa    -Tornadoes  (58 mins)
Jackson Daniel   -Tornadoes  (64 mins)
Daniel Israel      -Rivers United
Guy Kuemian    -Rivers United

*Abia Warriors     2   Enugu  Rangers       2
Bobby Clement     -Rangers           (22 mins)
Michael Ulocha    -Abia Warriors  (39 mins)
Chisom Egbuchulam -Rangers        (
Chisom Chikatara  -Abia Warriors  (65 mins)
 
*FC Giwa       1    Sunshine Stars    0
 
Omotayo Adegbogun (+90 mins)

*IfeanyiUbah   4   Ikorodu United   1

*

2016 NPL match day five results, scorers

*Enugu Rangers 1 Wikki Tourists 0
Godwin Aguda (45 mins)

*Shoting Stars 2 FC Giwa  1

Izu Joseph            -3SC    (1 min)
Kabir Umar         -3SC    (88 mins)
Isiaka Olawale   -Giwa   (+91 mins)

*Kano Pillars 3 Akwa United 2

Michael Okoro -Akwa Utd (10 mins)
Rabiu Ali           -Pillars  (14 mins)
Rabiu Ali          -Pillars  (26 mins)
Ubong Ekpai   -Akwa Utd (44 mins)
Rabiu Ali         -Pillars  (47 mins)

*El-Kanemi Warriors 2 Enyimba  0

Chinedu Ohanachom (13 mins)
Ibrahim Mustapha  (54 mins)

*Plateau United 1 Abia Warriors 1

Victor Namo       -Plateau Utd   (28 mins)
Uche Ihuarulam -Abia Warriors (53 mins)

*Heartland 1 Lobi Stars 0

Fortune Omoniwari (41 mins)

* Sunshine Stars 1 FC IfeanyiUbah 1

Okereke Maduabuchi -IfeanyiUbah (86 mins)
Kunle Odunlami           -Sunshine    (89 mins)

*Warri Wolves 1 Niger Tornadoes 0

Achibi Ewenike (5 mins)

*Rivers United 1 Nasarawa United 0
Guy Kuemian (+90 mins)

*Ikorodu United 0 MFM, Lagos 0

Caption:
 Kano Pillars' Rabiu Ali (above), became the second player to score a hat-trick this season in the Nigeria Premier League, after Jimoh Wasiu, scored all goals for Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) in the 3-0 victory over MFM FC of Lagos, in a match day three fixture at the Lekan Salami Stadium, Ibadan. 

2016 Nigeria Premier League match day five fixtures

Saturday, March 5
Enugu Rangers vs Wikki Tourists

Sunday, March 6

Rivers United             vs Nasarawa United
Shooting Stars            vs FC Giwa
Sunshine Stars           vs FC IfeanyiUbah
Ikorodu United           vs MFM, Lagos
El-Kanemi Warriors   vs Enyimba
Heartland                   vs Lobi Stars
Kano Pillars               vs Akwa United
Plateau United           vs Abia Warriors
Warri Wolves            vs Niger Tornadoes
..............

Result:

Enugu Rangers 1 Wikki Tourists 0
Godwin Aguda (45 mins)

2016 Nigeria Premier League match day 4 results and scorers

*IfeanyiUbah    3          Shooting Stars     1 
Alberico da Silva-IfeanyiUbah    (23 mins)
Koffi Nti Boakye -IfeanyiUbah    (37 mins)
Seka Pascal      -IfeanyiUbah    (44 mins)
Wasiu Jimoh      -Shooting Stars (58 mins)

*Lobi Stars     3  El-Kanemi Warriors    0
Tony Okpotu           (4 mins)
Tony Okpotu          (55 mins)
Nanem Imenger     (69 mins)

*FC Giwa        2       Rivers United      1
Moses Opitoke    -Giwa (7 mins)
Sunday Daniel    -  Giwa (73 mins)
Godbless Asamoah -Rivers Utd (87 mins)

*MFM, Lagos     2 Sunshine Stars   1
Musa Newman  -MFM      (25 mins)
Samad Kadiri -Sunshine    (38 mins)
Stephen Odey - MFM      (86 mins)

*Akwa United    2 Heartland            1
Aniekan Ekpe     -Akwa Utd      (59 mins) 
Onyebuchi Ajunwa-Heartland   (60 mins)
Kufre Ebong     -Akwa Utd       (80 mins)

*Wikki Tourists 3 Plateau United   0
Godwin Obaje      (32 mins)
Godwin Obaje      (35 mins)
Abubakar Lawal   (87 mins)

*Niger Tornadoes      2 Nasarawa  United   0
Ismaila Gata 
Ismaila Gata

*Abia Warriors  0   Kano Pillars        0 

*Warri Wolves   0  Enugu Rangers    0

Thursday, March 3
Enyimba       ? Ikorodu United ?

Caption: Lobi Stars Tony Okpotu (right) struggles for ball possession with Shooting Stars defender, Moses James during their season's opener in Ibadan. Okpotu bagged a brace in the 3-0 win over El-Kanemi Warriors to take his tally to four goals this season.