Kwara awards renovation of indoor sports hall for 922.8m

Kwara State government has awarded the renovation of the Indoor sports hall, stadium complex to Metro Fittings and Accessories Nigeria Limited for a contract sum of N925.8million.
Commissioner for Information and Communication in the state, Alhaji Mahmud Ajeigbe disclosed this while speaking with journalists in Ilorin.
The renovation of the sports hall is to be completed in nine months.
He noted that Kwara State Stadium which was built in 1976 is the only one in the country that houses 26 sports, thus a need to upscale the facility in order to promote sporting activities in the state.
Meanwhile, Kwara chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), has hailed the state government's award of the renovation of the sporting edifice.
This was contained in a statement jointly signed by its Chairman Alhaji Abdulwaheed Bibire and the Secretary, Olayinka Owolewa.Ilorin.
The statement described Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed's resolve to renovate the dilapidated indoor sports hall as another step toward sports development in the state and Nigeria at large.
The SWAN hoped that the step would help in returning the state to its glorious days in sporting events as the sports hall would attract both local and international competitions.

NCC Tennis League: Team Oluyole, VGC Lions humiliated

Team Oluyole of Ibadan and Team VGC Lions of Lagos at the weekend were overwhelmed by their opponents in the ongoing 2017 NCC Tennis League.
The Oyo State-team who had lost the season's opener 2-5 to Team VGC this time at the Lekan Salami Stadium tennis courts lost 0-7 to Team Civil Defence inspired by home boy, AbdulMumuni Babalola.
Abuja-based Team Civil Defence who equally lost 3-4 at home to Team Muller of Lagos in the season's opener, won all the four matches staged on Day One (Saturday) in Ibadan.
Nonso Maduekwe defeated Kunle Bamidele 6-1, 6-2 in the first game of the day as Salami Ganiyu also in the men's singles bowed to former national champion, Clifford Enosorogbe 6-2, 6-4.
Nigeria's women's singles number one, Christy Agugbom had no problem on the courts as she dismissed youngster Kaosarat Adegboyega 6-0, 6-1.
The pair of reigning CBN champion, AbdulMumuni Babalola and Clifford Enosorogbe in the men's doubles humiliated the duo of Adewale Samson and Salami Ganiyu 6-1, 6-0 to seal their victory with four points.
The 2015 NCC League inaugural winners also on Sunday dominated the hosts in the remaining three games as Chima Michael in the reverse men's singles defeated Ismaila Adesina 6-3, 7-6 while Nonso Maduekwe subdued veteran Wasiu Ibrahim 6-4, 6-3.
Helpless Babalola also paired Agugbom in the mixed doubles to hammer the pair of Kunle Bamidele and Kaosarat Adegboyega 6-0, 6-0 in the last game to make it a 7-0 scoreline.
Meanwhile, Team VGC Lions also lost 0-7 to Team Kalotari at the Port Harcourt Club over the weekend in a tie that witnessed several rain interruptions.
Team Kalotari's Christian Paul blazed the trail by beating Onyeka Mbanu 6-2, 3-2 (scratch) in the first men's singles, Emmanuel Sunday overcame Martins Abamu 6-3, 7-6 in the second singles, while Blessing Samuel stretched Kalotari's lead to three by defeating Loveth Donatus
6-1, 6-2 in the women's singles.
The Abamu brothers combined to try to halt the rout but only came close in the mixed doubles where Martins Abamu and Donatus stretched Paul and Samuel but still lost 2-6, 6-3, 12-10.
The brothers who had been beaten by Paul and Sunday in the reverse singles also lost the doubles to the combination of Ikechukwu Iloputa and Paul 6-2, 6-2.
At the Lagos tie, Team Muller surprisingly lost two matches to Team Optiweb of Ilorin.
Uche Oparaoji upset Emmanuel Idoko in the reverse singles 2-6, 7-6, 10-8 and the pair of Henry John and Oluchi Ozurumba beat Mohammed Mohammed and Deborah Gbadamosi 4-6, 6-3, 11-9.
Joseph Imeh and Ronke Akingbade, expectedly, won their singles matches while Imeh and Mohammed beat Henry John and Isaac Emeruwa in the men's doubles.
The NCC Tennis League which is offering a consolidated total prize money of N23 million continues this weekend with matches in Abuja, Kaduna and Ilorin.
In Abuja, Team Ndoma-Egba will host Team Tech Vibe of Jos; Team Goshen of Ilorin will host Team CBN Futures of Lagos while defending champions, Team Offikwu will be at home to Team Yetade of Ado Ekiti in Kaduna.  
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Caption: 
Adewale Samson of Team Oluyole during the season's opener against Team VGC Lions in Ibadan.

2017 Match Day 36 NPFL Table

       
Team                                P   W    D    L  GF GA GD  PTS   
1 Plateau                         36   18   09   09  47 24 23  63
2 MFM                           36    18    05  13 39 39 00  59
3 Akwa Utd                   36     16   09   11 43 29 14  57
4 Enyimba                     36     17    06  13 41 27 14  57
5 If/Ubah                       36     15     08  13 38 33 05  53
6 Nasarawa                   36     15     08  13 33 27 06  53
7 El-Kanemi                 36     17     02  17 37 40 -3  53
8 Rangers                     36     14     10   12 38 41 -3  52
9 K/Pillars                   36     15     06   15 36 32 +4  51
10 Tornadoes               36    15     6     15 29 34 -5  51
11 Abia Warriors        36     14     8     14 39 33 +6  50
12 Lobi Stars              36     14     8     14 41 38 +3  50
13 Rivers                    36     13     10     13 30 29 +1  49
14 Katsina                  36     14     7     15 34 37 -3  49
15 Sunshine               36     15     3     18 36 43 -7  48
16 3SC                       36     12     11     13 31 36 -5  47
17 Wikki                   36     14     5     17 34 41 -7  47
18 ABS                      36     13     7     16 34 47 -13 46
19 Gombe                36     11     10     15 32 44 -12 43
20 Remo                   36     7     8     21 27 45 -18    29

2017 NPFL Match day 36 results, scorers

*Akwa United 2 Lobi Stars 1
Musa Newman            -Akwa (20th min)
Gabriel Okechukwu   -Akwa (40th min)
Kingsley Eduwo         -Lobi (44th min)

*Remo Stars 1 Enugu Rangers  2
Bobby Clement -Rangers (20th, 52nd min)
Akeem Taiwo   -Remo    (58th min)

*Enyimba    4 Wikki Tourists 0
Ikechukwu Ibenegbu (11th min)
Stephen Chukwude   (19th min)
Chinonso Okonkwo   (28th min)
Stanley Dimgba     (75th min)

*Plateau United 1  Rivers United 1
Emeka Ogbugh -Rivers  (14th min)
Peter Eneji  -Plateau (89th min)

*Gombe United 2 ABS, Ilorin 1 
Musa Usman    -Gombe (13th min)
Wasiu Alalade -ABS   (41st min)
Musa Usman    -Gombe (65th min)

*Abia Warriors 1 MFM, Lagos 0
Arinze Nwangwu (67th min)

*Nasarawa United 1 Kano Pillars 0
Adamu Hassan (46th min)

*El-Kanemi Warriors 1 Shooting Stars 1
Babangida Ibrahim -El-Kanemi (48th min)
Abayomi Adebayo   -Shooting  (90th min)

*Katsina United 2 Sunshine Stars 0

*Niger Tornadoes 2 IfeanyiUbah 1
King Osanga         -IfeanyiUbah        (40th min)
Ibrahim Babawo  -Niger Tornadoes  (87th min)
Wilfred Ammeh   -Niger Tornadoes  (+92 min)

2017 NPFL Match day 36 fixtures

Sunday, August 27

Remo Stars        vs Enugu Rangers
Enyimba            vs Wikki Tourists
Plateau United  vs Rivers United
Gombe United   vs ABS FC
Abia Warriors   vs MFM FC 
Nasarawa United vs Kano Pillars
El-Kanemi Warriors vs Shooting Stars
Niger Tornadoes vs IfeanyiUbah 
Katsina United vs Sunshine Stars
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Result:
Akwa United 2 Lobi Stars 1

2017 NPFL Match Day 35 results, scorers

*MFM, Lagos  1 Gombe United 0
Monsuru Bashiru (21st min)

*ABS, Ilorin 2 Plateau Utd  0
Samuel Oyedeji (5th min)
Wasiu Alalade  (65th min)

*IfeanyiUbah 1 Akwa United 0
King Osanga (47th min)

*Shooting Stars 2 Nasarawa Utd 0
Alaba Osawe     (60th min)
Abayomi Adebayo (65th min)

*Enugu Rangers 2 Katsina United 1
Chibuzor Madu    -Rangers (38th min)
Timothy Danladi -Katsina (45th min)
Chibuzor Madu    -Rangers (55th min)

*Kano Pillars 2 Abia Warriors 0
Rabiu Ali
Nyima Nwagwa

*Rivers United 2 Enyimba 1
Bernard Ovoke     -Rivers  (4th min)
Abdoulaye Kanoute -Rivers  (29th min)
Koffi Atchou      -Enyimba (34th min)

*Lobi Stars 3 El-Kanemi Warriors 2
Anthony Okpotu -Lobi (11, 20th and 47th min)
Abraham Audu   -El-Kanemi (+45th min)
Ibrahim Babangida -El-Kanemi (86th min)

*Wikki Tourists 2 Remo Stars 0
Richard Jonathan
Chinedu Onyelonu (90th min)

*Sunshine Stars 2 Niger Tornadoes 1
Kehinde Adedipe  -Sunshine  (41st min)
Ajibola Otegbeye -Sunshine  (73rd min)
Angel Ammeh      -Tornadoes (75th min)
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2017 NPFL Match Day 35 table

                                     P    W    L    Pts
1    Plateau United     35    18    09   62
2    MFM, Lagos        35    18    12   59
3    Akwa United       35    15    11    54
4    Enyimba              35    16    13    54
5    IfeanyiUbah        35    15    12    53
6    El Kanemi           35    17    17    52
7    Kano Pillars        35    15    14    51
8    Nasarawa Utd      35    14    13    50
9    Lobi Stars            35    14    13    50
10    Rangers              35    13    12    49
11    Rivers Unite       35    13    13    48
12    Sunshine Stars    35    15    17    48
13    Tornadoes            35    14    15    48
14    Abia Warriors    35    13    14    47
15    Wikki Tourists    35    14    16    47
16    Katsina United    35    13    15    46
17    Shooting Stars     35    12    13    46
18    ABS, Ilorin          35    13    15    46
19    Gombe United     35    10    15    40
20    Remo Stars          35    07    20    29

 Caption: 
Anthony Okpotu (middle), nets a hat-trick against El-Kanemi Warriors last Sunday in a Match Day 35 NPFL game in Makurdi.




 

2017 NPFL Match Day 35 fixtures

Sunday, August 20

Enugu Rangers      vs Katsina United
Wikki Tourists       vs Remo Stars
Rivers United        vs Enyimba 
ABS, Ilorin            vs Plateau United
MFM, Lagos         vs Gombe United
Kano Pillars          vs Abia Warriors
Shooting Stars      vs Nasarawa United
Lobi Stars             vs El-Kanemi Warriors
FC IfeanyiUbah   vs Akwa United
Sunshine Stars     vs Niger Tornadoes 
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