2016 NPL match day 14 results, scorers

*Ikorodu United 3 Heartland  1

Anthony Oussou  -Heartland   (10 mins)
Junior Merenini -Ikorodu       (45 mins)
Moses Ebiye     -Ikorodu       (65 mins)
Ojukwu Ifegwu   -Ikorodu     (83 mins)

* MFM, Lagos 3 Akwa United 0
 
Sikiru Olatunbosun  (43, 83 mins)
Stephen Odey          (67 mins)
 
*Shooting Stars  2   Plateau United  2
Joshua Obaje -Plateau Utd (27 mins)
Tope Orelope -Shooting    (32 mins)
Wasiu Jimoh  -Shooting    (37 mins)
Ibeh Johnsn  -Plateau Utd (75 mins)

* Nasarawa United  2   Warri Wolves 0
Esosa Igbinoba (8 mins and 66 mins)

* Rivers United  3  Enugu Rangers 0
Bernard Ovoke   -Rivers Utd (17 mins)
Christian Weli  -Rivers Utd (21 mins)
Bernard Ovoke   -Rivers Utd (45 mins)
Gabriel Olalekan-Rivers Utd (47 mins)

* Enyimba    2    Lobi Stars  2
Abu Azeez      -Enyimba    (28 mins0
Nanen Imenger  -Lobi Stars (44 mins)
Solomon Kwambe -Lobi Stars (52 mins)
Nzube Anaezemba-Enyimba    (85 mins)

* Niger Tornadoes 1 El-Kanemi Warriors 0
Bolaji Adeyemo (15 mins)

*  FC IfeanyiUbah  0 Abia Warriors   0

* FC Giwa pp Wikki Tourists pp

2016 Nigeria Premier League Match day 14 fixtures

Sunday, May 1, 2016

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

Results, rescheduled 2016 NPL fixtures

*Enyimba 1 Heartland 1
Peter Onyekachi -Enyimba   (27 mins)
Ifeanyi Onuigbo -Heartland (31 mins)

*Sunshine Stars 3 Nasarawa Utd 0
Afolabi Okiki (34, 59 mins)
Samad Kadiri  (51 mins)

* FC Giwa 0 Enugu Rangers 3 (walkover)

FC Giwa failed to show up in Abuja, on Wednesday for the completion of the match day 12 game after the game was first abandoned in Jos, in the 74th minute with Rangers up by a lone goal. 

Caption: Ifeanyi Onuigbo (left) saves Heartland from defeat in Umuahia at the hands of Enyimba in a match day six rescheduled fixture of the Nigeria Premier League.

NPL Match day 13 results, scorers, table

*Enugu Rangers   2 Nasarawa United  1
Bobby Clement -Rangers        (23 mins)
Obinna Nwobodo-Rangers      (56 mins)
Seun Sogbesan -Nasarawa     (76 mins)
 
*El-Kanemi Warriors 1  Ikorodu United 0
Ibrahim Mustapha (24 mins)

*Heartland FC   1 Sunshine Stars 0
Ifeanyi Onuigbo (55 mins)

*Kano Pillars   6 Shooting Stars 0
Ifeanyi Matthew (11 mins)
Emmanuel Edmund (37, 59 and 82 mins)
Adamu Mohammed  (90 mins)
Nafiu Ibrahim   (+90 mins)

*Plateau United 2 Rivers United  1
Benjamin Turba  -Plateau Utd (14 mins)
Chinonso Okonkwo-Rivers Utd  (80 mins)
Sunday Rotimi   -Rivers Utd  (Own goal, 90 mins)

*Warri Wolves   2 Giwa FC        0
Goodluck Onamado (10 mins)
John Odumegwu    (29 mins)

*Wikki Tourists 3 IfeanyiUbah    0
Godwin Ubaje   (29 mins)
Lawal Abubakar (51, 86 mins)

*Abia Warriors  3 MFM, Lagos     1
Uche Ihuarulam  -Abia (3 mins)
Stanley Okoro   -Abia (65 mins)
Ndifreke Effiong-Abia (74 mins)
Kennedinum Nelson-MFM (89 mins)

*Akwa United    0 Enyimba        1
Christian Pyagbara (38 mins)

*Lobi Stars     1 Niger Tornadoes 0
Anthony Okpotu (88 mins)


                      Match day 13 Table
                                                      P    W   D   L  PTS
1. Rangers International            13    8    3    2    27
2. Abia Warriors                         12    6    5    1    23
3. FC IfeanyiUbah                      13    7    1    5    22
4. Kano Pillars                            12    6    3    3    21
5. Lobi Stars FC                         13    6    3   4     21
6. Wikki Tourists                        12    5   4    3    19
7. Rivers United                         13    6    1   6    19
8. Warri Wolves                         12    5    4    3   19
9. MFM, Lagos                          13    5    4   4    19
10. Akwa United                         13    5     3   5   18
11. Heartland                              13   5    3    5    18
12. Sunshine Stars                      13   4    5    4   17
13. Plateau United                      13   5    2    6   17
14. El-Kanemi Warriors             13   5    1    7   16
15. Nasarawa United                  13   5   0    8   15
16. Shooting Stars                      13   5    0   8   15
17. Niger Tornadoes                  13   4    2   7   14
18. Giwa FC                                13   4   2   6   14
19. Enyimba                                09   4  1    4   13
20. Ikorodu United                     13   1   3   9    06

NPL 2016 match day 13 fixtures

Friday, April 22, 2016
Rangers   vs Nasarawa United

Sunday, April 24, 2016
El-Kanemi  Warriors  vs Ikorodu United
Heartland FC             vs Sunshine Stars
Kano Pillars               vs Shooting Stars
Plateau United           vs Rivers United
Warri Wolves            vs Giwa FC
Wikki Tourists          vs IfeanyiUbah
Abia Warriors           vs MFM, Lagos
Akwa United             vs Enyimba
Lobi Stars                 vs Niger Tornadoes

2016 Nigeria Premier League Match day 12 results, scorers

*MFM, Lagos   1 Wikki Tourists  0
Stephen Odey (34 mins)

*Shooting Stars 2 Heartland  1
Muyiwa Lawal    -3SC           (51 mins)
Anthony Ossou   -Heartland (56 mins)
Seun Akinyemi   -3SC          (72 mins)

*Nasarawa United 2 Plateau United 1
Seun Sogbeso    -Nasarawa  (19 mins)
Julius Nuhu     -Tornadoes    (43 mins)
Esosa Igbinoba  - Nasarawa (79 mins)

*Rivers United 1 Kano Pillars 0
Bernard Ovoke  (2nd half)

* IfeanyiUbah 1 Warri Wolves 0
Okereke Maduabuchi (59 mins)

*Sunshine Stars 3 El-Kanemi Warriors 0
Afolabi Okiki            (15 mins)
Oladuntoye Isiaka   (49 mins)
Dayo Ojo                  (90 mins)

*Niger Tornadoes 2 Ikorodu United 0
Ismaila Gata (7, 65 mins)

* Lobi Stars 1 Akwa United 0
Nanen Barnabas Imenger (52 mins)

*FC Giwa 0  Enugu Rangers 1
Godwin Aguda (26 mins, match abandoned in 76 mins)

2016 Nigeria Premier League Match Day 12 fixtures

Friday, April 15, 2016
*MFM, Lagos   vs Wikki Tourists 


Saturday, April 16
Nasarawa United vs Plateau United
Shooting Stars     vs Heartland

Sunday, April 17
Sunshine Stars     vs El-Kanemi Warriors
Rivers United       vs Kano Pillars
FC Giwa                vs Rangers
FC IfeanyiUbah    vs Warri Wolves
Enyimba                vs Abia Warriors (pp)
Lobi Stars             vs Akwa United
Niger Tornadoes vs Ikorodu United

2016 Federation Cup battle begins

THIS year's Federation Cup otherwise known as the Challenge Cup will kick off on Saturday with play-off games involving the teams which can be rated as rookies in the competition.
Emmanuel Adesanya, Head of Federation Cup unit, told thenff.com that 20 teams will participate in the play–off round.
While nine of the matches will hold on Saturday, April 16, the match between Katsina United Jnr and Niger Tornadoes Feeders will hold on Sunday, April 17 in Kaduna.
“The play –off round will throw up 10 teams that will now complete the 64 to enter the pots for the National Draw, coming up on May 5,” Adesanya said.


Play-off fixtures:

Samba Kurna (Kano) Vs Fasbir (Sokoto)     - Katsina      - 16/04/16

Akwanga Selected (Nasarawa) Vs Hafa Hadejia (Jigawa) – Kaduna – 16/04/16

Shettima Utd (Zamfara) Vs Zara FC (Kebbi) – Sokoto – 16/04/16

Katsina Utd Jnr (Katsina) Vs Tornadoes Feeders (Niger)– Kaduna– 17/04/16

Damaturu Utd (Yobe) Vs Diamond Academy (Taraba) – Yola – 16/04/16

Zaria Strikers (Kaduna) Vs Wikki Feeders (Bauchi) – Lafia – 16/04/16

Diamond Stars (Cross River) Vs Bridge FC (Lagos) – Benin – 16/04/16

Disdevit In Afrik (Enugu) Vs Akure City (Ondo) – Lokoja – 16/04/16

Almar FC (Ogun) Vs Chisco FC (Anambra) – Oleh – 16/04/16

Fehinti FC (Osun) Vs Yenagoa City (Bayelsa) – Owerri – 16/04/16
.........

2016 NPL match day 11 results, scorers

*Enugu Rangers 1 FC IfeanyiUbah 0
Chisom Egbuchulam  (4 mins)

*Abia Warriors 2 Lobi Stars 0
Godwin Effiong   (12 mins)
Ndifreke Effiong (49 mins)

*Heartland 2 Rivers United 1
Anthony Oussou               -Heartland  (24 mins)
Chukwunonso Okonkwo  -Rivers Utd (38 mins)
Onyebuchi Ajunwa           -Heartland  (79 mins)

*Plateau United 2  FC Giwa   0
Benjamin Turba  (63 mins)
Sunday Ingbede  (65 mins)

*El-Kanemi 2  Shooting Stars  0
Ibrahim Mustapha  (56 mins)
Chinedu Ohanachom (90 mins)

*Kano Pillars 2 Nasarawa United 1
Esosa Igbinoba  -Nasarawa United  (15 mins)
Adamu Mohammed  -Kano Pillars  (38 mins)
Gambo Mohammed  -Kano Pillars (45 mins)

*Warri Wolves 1 MFM, Lagos 0
Oghenewo Uzezi (71 mins)

*Akwa United  2 Niger Tornadoes 0
Ubong Ekpai   (38 mins)
Cyril Olisema (61 mins)

*Ikorodu Utd 0 Sunshine Stars  0

*Wikki Tourists vs Enyimba (pp)

2016 Nigeria Premier League Match day 11 fixtures

Sunday, April 10, 2016

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

2016 Nigeria Premier League match day 10 results, scorers

*Shooting Stars  2 Ikorodu Utd        0
Sunday Adetunji (28, 40 mins)

*FC Giwa         2 Kano Pillars       0
David Sunday    (22 mins)
Jonathan Zikiye (72 mins, own goal)

*Akwa United     1 Abia Warriors      2
Ebong Kufre      -Akwa Utd (11 mins)
Ndifreke Effiong - Abia Warriors (13 mins)
Anthony Okemiri  -Abia Warriors  (45 mins)

*Lobi Stars      1 Wikki Tourists     1
Godwin Obaje   -Wikki ( 35 mins)
Nanen Imenger  -Lobi  (.. mins)


*Rivers United   1 El-Kanemi Warriors 0
Chinonso Okonkwo (60 mins)

*FC IfeanyiUbah  2 Plateau United        0
Pascal Seka           (19 mins)
Tamen Medrano  (90 mins)


*MFM, Lagos      1 Enugu Rangers      1
Obinna Nwobodo -Rangers (36 mins)
Stephen Odey   -MFM    (68 mins)

*Niger Tornadoes 2 Sunshine Stars     2
Ismaila Gata  -Tornadoes (08 mins) 
Okiki Afolabi -Sunshine  (45 mins)
Dele Olorundare-Sunshine (47 mins)
Tasiu Lawal   -Tornadoes (70 mins)


*Nasarawa United 1 Heartland 0
Emmanuel Makama (80 mins)

2016 Nigeria Premier League Match day 10 fixtures

Wednesday, April 6 and 7, 2016

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


Week Nine Table

                                               P W D L PTS
1. Rangers                            9 5 2 2   17
2. IfeanyiUbah                      9 5 1 3  16
3. Wikki Tourists                 9 4 3 2  15
4. Akwa United                    9 4 3 2  15
5. Kano Pillars                    8 4 3 1  15
6. MFM, Lagos                 9 4 3 2  15
7. Lobi Stars                      9 4 2 3  14
8. Abia Warriors               8 3 5 0   14
9. Rivers United               9 4 1 4   13
10. Heartland                    8 3 2 3  11
11. FC Giwa                      8 3 2 3  11
12. Plateau United           9 3 2 4   11
13. Niger Tornadoes        9 3 1 5  10
14. El-Kanemi Warriors  9 3 1 5  10 
15. Warri Wolves             8 4 2 4  10
16. Enyimba                     7 3 0 4  09
17. Shooting Stars           8 3 0 5  09
18. Sunshine Stars          7 1 3 3  06
19. Ikorodu United         9 1 2 6  05
20. Nasarawa United     6 1 0 5  03