*Remo Stars 1 Katsina Utd 0
Eric Dufegha (88th min)
*Enyimba 2 Enugu Rangers 1
Daniel Etor -Rangers (7th min)
Samuel Chukwude -Enyima (55th min)
Mfon Udoh -Enyimba (88th min)
*Plateau Utd 1 Wikki Tourists 0
Reuben Bala (57th min)
*Gombe Utd 1 Rivers United 0
Idris Bakare (26th min)
*Abia Warriors 2 ABS, Ilorin 0
Sunday Adetunji (80th, 83rd min)
*Nasarawa Utd 4 MFM, Lagos 0
Adamu Hassan (1st min)
Yinka Onaolapo (61st min)
Anthonin Oussou (83rd min)
Abdulrahman Bashir (86th min)
*El-Kanemi Warriors 1 Kano Pillars 0
Mathias Samuel (53rd min)
*Akwa United 4 Shooting Stars 2
Friday Ubong -Akwa Utd (11th min)
Alhassan Ibrahim -Akwa Utd (28th, 36th, 44th min)
Moses James -Shooting Stars (58th min)
Taiwo Shittu -Shooting Stars (90th min)
*Niger Tornadoes 2 Lobi Stars 1
Ibrahim Babawo -Niger Tornadoes (Brace)
Luther Iyorhe -Lobi Stars
*FC IfeanyiUbah 2 Sunshine Stars 1
Joseph Abbey -Sunshine Stars (64th min)
Godwin Obaje -FC IfeanyiUbah (77th min)
Pascal Seka -FC IfeanyiUbah (87th min)
Caption:
Alhassan Ibrahim grabbed a hat-trick for Akwa United in a Match Day 17 clash with Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) last Sunday. He became the second player to score a hat-trick this season in the 2017 Nigeria Professional Football League after MFM's Stephen Odey.
Sunday, April 2
Remo Stars vs Katsina Utd
Enyimba vs Rangers
Plateau Utd vs Wikki Tourists
Gombe Utd vs Rivers United
Abia Warriors vs ABS FC
Nasarawa Utd vs MFM FC
El-Kanemi Warriors vs Kano Pillars
Akwa United vs Shooting Stars
Niger Tornadoes vs Lobi Stars
FC IfeanyiUbah vs Sunshine Stars
Secretary-General of the Nigerian Boxing Board of Control (NBB of C), Mr Remi Aboderin, has condemned the result of the bout involving Nigeria's Isaac 'Grenade' Ekpo and German Tyron Zeuge in a World Boxing Association (WBA) super middleweight title defence.
Referee Paul Caiz stopped the bout in round three last weekend at the MBS Arena, Potsdam,
Brandenburg, Germany, in favour of the bleeding home boy and title holder, Zeuge.
Aboderin in a statement said awarding the bout to Zeuge was tantamount to "total daylight boxing robbery."
He noted that the defeat of the 2004 Olympian and former Commonwealth super middleweight champion was a miscarriage of justice.
"I have watched the bout and in my opinion, the only reason why the victory was awarded to Zeuge was because the bout took place in his backyard {Germany}.
"I am stating unequivocally that the decision to award victory to Zeuge by the referee, Mr Paul Caiz and the judges was only because they wanted to
kowtow the wishes of the promoter.
"Yes, there was an unintentional cut due to a clash of heads in the third round which made the champion to bleed profusely and if the referee in his wisdom allowed the bout to go on and the home boy now got uncoordinated after the cut, that is not Isaac Ekpo's fault.
"I am of the opinion that the bout should have been awarded to Isaac and if in any way the champion needed to be compensated, he {Zeuge} should be given a rematch and not the other way round.
"According to reports reaching me from the stable of Don King who is managing Isaac at present, Don King and his management are equally aghast at the result and it appears a rematch has been promised Isaac, I believe this should have been the other way round. It's Tyron Zeuge who by now should have been the former WBA champion that should be assured
of a rematch and not Isaac Ekpo, who by now should have been the new champion," Aboderin said.
He further stated that the NBB of C would in due course formally protest against the March 25 defeat of the 2003 All Africa Games silver medallist.
"The NBB of C is solidly behind Isaac on this issue thus, our letter of protest would be lodged with the president of the World Boxing Association (WBA) concerning this result which is a total daylight boxing robbery.
"I am also of the opinion that Don King should do everything humanly possible to make sure that this rematch is not called off, because this won't be good for the morale of Isaac. This is purely a travesty of justice and it must be corrected so that our sport {boxing} will not be seen as that of the money bags paying to get their wards victories in the ring that they did not deserve," Aboderin, who is also the president of the West African Boxing Union explained.
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Caption: Nigeria's Isaac 'Grenade' Ekpo during one of his victorious outings.
* Enugu Rangers 1 Remo Stars 1
Daniel Etor -Rangers (14th min)
Ekene Awazie -Remo Stars (50th min)
* Wikki Tourists 1 Enyimba 0
Victor Alegbe (85th min)
* Rivers United 0 Plateau United 0
* ABS, Ilorin 1 Gombe United 1
* MFM, Lagos 2 Abia Warriors 1
Stephen Odey -MFM (4th min)
Sikiru Olatunbosun -MFM (31st min)
Sunday Adetunji -Abia (84th min)
* Kano Pillars 1 Nasarawa United 1
Mubarak Said -Pillars (29th min)
Adamu Hassan -Nasarawa (58th min)
* Shooting Stars 1 El-Kanemi Warriors 0
Merenini Junior (47th min)
* FC Ifeanyiubah 1 Niger Tornadoes 0
* Sunshine Stars 2 Katsina United 0
* Lobi Stars 2 Akwa United 1
Moses Ebiye -Akwa Utd
Dennis Nya -Lobi Stars
Anthony Okpotu -Lobi Stars
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Caption:
Stephen Odey scored his 13th league goal of the season today against Abia Warriors.
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Wednesday, March 29
Enugu Rangers vs Remo Stars
Wikki Tourists vs Enyimba
Rivers United vs Plateau United
ABS, Ilorin vs Gombe United
MFM, Lagos vs Abia Warriors
Kano Pillars vs Nasarawa United
Shooting Stars vs El-Kanemi Warriors
Lobi Stars vs Akwa United
FC Ifeanyiubah vs Niger Tornadoes
Sunshine Stars vs Katsina United
NPFL table
P W D L GF GA GD PTS
1. Plateau United 15 8 4 3 23 11 12 28
2. MFM, Lagos 15 8 3 4 20 14 06 27
3. El-Kanemi Warriors 15 9 0 6 19 13 06 27
4. Niger Tornadoes 15 7 3 5 13 13 00 24
5. Kano Pillars 14 7 2 5 15 12 03 23
6. Abia Warriors 15 6 4 5 17 15 02 22
7. Enyimba 15 6 4 5 14 13 01 22
8. ABS 14 6 3 5 14 17 -3 21
9. Akwa United 15 5 5 5 14 13 01 20
10 Nasarawa United 15 5 5 5 13 12 01 20
11. Lobi Stars 15 5 5 5 12 13 -1 20
12.Katsina Utd 14 5 4 5 11 12 -1 19
13. FC IfeanyiUbah 15 5 3 7 16 19 -3 18
14. Gombe United 15 5 3 7 10 14 -4 18
15. Shooting Stars 15 3 7 5 11 13 -2 16
16. Remo Stars 14 4 3 7 14 17 -3 15
17. Wikki Tourists 14 4 3 7 10 14 -4 15
18. Sunshine Stars 14 4 3 7 12 19 -7 15
19. Rivers United 12 3 5 4 08 09 -1 14
20. Rangers 12 3 3 6 08 11 -3 12
*Katsina United 1 Enugu Rangers 0
Timothy Danladi (7th min)
*Remo Stars 2 Wikki Tourists 1
Chidume Victor-Remo (41st min)
Richard Jonathan -Wikki (43rd min)
Mbaoma Victor -Remo (80th min)
*Enyimba 1 Rivers United 0
Mfon Udoh (63rd min)
*Plateau United 4 ABS, Ilorin 1
Joshua Obaje -Plateau (20th min)
Hamisu Saleh -Plateau (Own goal, 24th min)
Reuben Bala -Plateau (42nd min)
Reuben Bala -Plateau (70th min)
Reuben Bala -Plateau (+90th min)
*Gombe United 1 MFM, Lagos 0
Sadiq Shuaibu (54th min)
*Abia Warriors 3 Kano Pillars 0
Joel Djondang -Pillars (Own goal, 8th min)
Sherif Bashir -Abia (30th min)
Sunday Adetunji -Abia (48th min)
*Nasarawa United 1 Shooting Stars 0
Thomas Zenke (84th min)
*El-Kanemi Warriors 1 Lobi Stars 0
*Niger Tornadoes 2 Sunshine Stars 1
* Akwa United 1 FC IfeanyiUbah 1
Pascal Seka -FC IfeanyiUbah (2nd min)
Alhassan Ibrahim -Akwa Utd (67th min)
Sunday, March 26
Katsina United vs Enugu Rangers
Remo Stars vs Wikki Tourists
Enyimba vs Rivers United
Plateau United vs ABS, Ilorin
Gombe United vs MFM, Lagos
Abia Warriors vs Kano Pillars
Nasarawa United vs Shooting Stars
El-Kanemi Warriors vs Lobi Stars
Akwa United FC vs FC IfeanyiUbah
Niger Tornadoes vs Sunshine Stars
