NIGERIA REFEREE PROMISE UWAEME ARRIVED EGYPT FOR CAF COURSE

It is happening again, first of its kind and a Nigeria referee is among the first chosen by CAF for the program.

Mr Promise Uwaeme from the Abuja referee council has been selected by CAF to attend a video technician course in Cairo, Egypt.

The essence of the course is to help referees during and after games for instant feedback, the course is expected to take place between 1-3 May 2016 in Cairo, Egypt.

NPFL REFEREES APPOINTMENT FOR MATCH DAY 14

Ikorodu United vs Heartland FC

Musa Shehu

Alfa Gima

Tijani NDa

Sunshine Stars vs KanoPillars

Okoro christaintus

Andy Ubani

Frankly Agugesi

Shooting Stars vs Plateau United

Ozigbo Charles

Sylvester Ohakwe

Iriobor Abraham

Rivers United vs Rangers int’l

Moh Saleh

Alfa Abdulganiyu

Musa Yusuf

Nasarawa United vs Warri Wolves

Sani Umar

Nasiru Ahmed

Mansur Shuaibu

GiwaFC vs Wikki Tourists

Henry Ogunyamodi

Kehinde

Busayo O

FC Ifeanyi Ubah vs Abia Warriors

Obayemi Olatunbunso

Fagbemi O

Olaleke Olawale

MFM FC vs Akwa United

Joseph Okeke

Philip Ihembe

Peter Bwamba

Enyimba int’l FC vs Lobi stars

Nasiru Ibrahim

Idris Nuhu

Musa Rabiu

Niger Tornadoes vs El-Kanemi Warriors

Ben Onyika

China Levi

China Blessed

REMO STARS THRASHED NATH FC

In the on going metro league going on in Lagos, matches played on Thursday saw Remo stars defeating Nath football club by four goals to one.

Immediately after the game, our correspondent caught up with the coach of Remo stars, coach Daniel Ogunmodede and all he could say was "the team dedicated the victory to the Chairman of the club Kunle Soname as a birthday gift".

Ibeh Nnamdi of Remo stars was voted man of the match with his scintillating performance which he crowned up with a hattrick.

FEMALE LEAGUE TO KICK OFF IN MAY

1. The meeting adopted the proposed new Governance Structure of the NWFL as posited.

2. The meeting unanimously agreed that the Chairman of the NWFL Board shall come from the North Central zone, however such must be a club owner.

3. The meeting also agreed that there will be no relegation at the end of the 2014/15 league season, and as such, the status quo will remain, however, teams that merited promotion will be promoted.

4. The meeting agreed that the kickoff for the Premier League shall be May 21st 2016, while Professional League shall be June 4th 2016, this is to allow the Executive Committee of the NFF to put in place the NWFL board before the league gets underway.

All teams are expected to complete their registration before the commencement of the league.

5. The meeting also welcomed the proposed reforms by the NWFL Ad-hoc Committee aimed at transforming the league to make it viable which will be a trial period of three years leading to the 2019 NFF General election.

6. The meeting adopted an abridged format for the 2015/16 league campaign.

7. The meeting also adopted the 2015/16 league season's rules and regulation as amended.

8. The meeting also urged the leadership of the NFF to release 15% FIFA development grant and other sponsorship monies to the NWFL Board so that clubs could be assisted to grow and Women

Football in Nigeria also greatly developed.

9. The meeting commended the Nigeria Football Federation for putting in place machinery to transform the various leagues and the Nigeria Women Football League in particular, and commended the efforts of the immediate past NWFL Board, led by Chief Mrs Dilichukwu Onyedinma for their efforts in transforming the league.

NPFL CLUBS STANDING AFTER MATCH DAY 13

Rank				Team	P	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA	+/-
1				Rangers International	12	7	3	2	24	19	12	7
2				Abia Warriors	12	6	5	1	23	15	8	7
3				FC Ifeanyi Ubah	13	7	1	5	22	15	13	2
4				Kano Pillars	12	6	3	3	21	20	12	8
5				Lobi Stars	13	6	3	4	21	15	11	4
6				Wikki Tourists	12	5	4	3	19	15	6	9
7				Rivers United	13	6	1	6	19	15	14	1
8				Warri Wolves FC	12	5	4	3	19	7	7	0
9				MFM FC	13	5	4	4	19	14	15	-1
10				Akwa United	13	5	3	5	18	17	13	4
11				Heartland FC	12	5	2	5	17	9	9	0
12				Plateau United	13	5	2	6	17	14	19	-5
13				El-Kanemi Warriors	13	5	1	7	16	14	18	-4
14				Nasarawa United	12	5	0	7	15	12	15	-3
15				Shooting Stars	13	5	0	8	15	13	21	-8
16				Sunshine Stars	12	3	5	4	14	13	12	1
17				Niger Tornadoes	13	4	2	7	14	15	17	-2
18				Giwa FC	12	4	2	6	14	11	16	-5
19				Enyimba International	8	4	0	4	12	7	7	0
20				Ikorodu United	13	1	3	9	6	6	21	-15

3SC HUMILIATED IN KANO

As the league entered match day 13 with six games to the end of the first stanza, fans are beginning to troop into various match venues most especially with the introduction of night football which has brought more clamour to the league.

For the much talked about game in Uyo, Enyimba int'l grabbed their first away win of the season with Christian Pyagbara lone strike.

Kano pillars humiliated 3SC with six unreplied goals in Kano as the Baba Ganaru led team sent a signal to other teams telling them to stay clear of the NPFL title for this season.

The high point of match day 13 was the Friday night football in Enugu, where the stadium was full to capacity on the night with fans drumming support for Rangers as they defeated Nasarawa United to moved to the pinnacle of the league.

Other match day 13 results :

El-Kanemi Warriors 1 : 0 Ikorodu United

Rangers 2 : 1 Nasarawa Utd

Warri Wolves 2 : 0 Giwa FC

Plateau United. 2 : 1 Rivers United

Kano Pillars. 6 : 0 Shooting Stars

Wikki Tourist. 3 : 0 FC Ifeanyiubah

Abia Warriors 3 : 1 MFM FC

Heartland 1 : 0 Sunshine stars

Lobi Stars 1 : 0 Tornadoes

Akwa Utd 0 : 1 Enyimba Int'l

AFN ACTIVITIES CHARGED UP

With the facts that 2016 is an Olympic year, the Nigeria athletic federation AFN has intensified the country's preparation rate both in discovering new talents and establishing the already discovered ones.

The month of May has been mapped out for series of athletic event all around the country with the fourth 10KM Okpekpe road race in Edo state leading the May event.

The other events for the month includes :

Dr. D.K Olukoya U18 championship

AFN golden league

The golden league will be used to select athletes for the African senior athletics championship which is to come up in South Africa

While the Dr. Olukoya U18 championship will be used to select athletes for the junior IAAF championship that will hold in Russia.

NNL CONTENDERS AND PRETENDERS

GROUP B 1
REMO STARS
COD UTD
DELTA FORCE
GO ROUND
UNICEM ROVERS
SHARKS
AKWA STARLET
ABIA COMETS

Contenders in group B1 are :
Remo stars
Go round
ABIA comets

While the pretenders are :
Sharks
Delta force
COD


GROUP B 2
ABS FC
CROWN FC
PRIME FC
J. ATETE FC
BAYELSA UTD
FIRST BANK
GATEWAY UTD
B. INSURANCE

Contenders in group B2 are :
Crown FC
Gateway utd
J.Atete

While pretenders are :
Prime FC
ABS FC
First bank FC

REFEREES APPOINTMENT FOR NPFL MATCH DAY 13

Elkanemi Warriors vs Ikorodu Utd

Amadin

Igbinovia

Ajiboye

Heartland FC vs Sunshine Stars

Hamza

Sufiyanu

Shehu Saidu

Kano Pillars vs Shooting Stars

Longat

Jerry

Eunice

Plateau Utd vs Rivers Utd

Akintunde

Balogun

Odukoya

Rangers Int'l vs Nassasrawa Utd

Col. Fawole

Kabiru Adamu

Moses Ojo

Warri Wolves vs Giwa FC

Alaba

Sixtus

Akinola

Wikki Tourist vs Ifeanyi Ubah

Ogabor

Orowole

Digbori

Abia Warriors vs MFM FC

Shinyi

Bose

Hinda Solomon

Akwa Utd vs Enyimba Int'l

Ogunmuyiwa

Aromona

Cletus

Lobi Stars vs Niger Tornadoes

Adigwe

Uzoukwu

Winjobi

NPFL MATCH DAY 13 PREDICTIONS

ElKanemi Warriors VS Ikorodu United (win for warriors)

Heartland FC VS Sunshine Stars (win for heartland)

Kano Pillars VS Shooting Stars (win for pillars)

Plateau United VS Rivers United (win for Plateau)

Rangers Int’l VS Nasarawa United (win for Rangers)

Warri Wolves FC VS Giwa FC (Draw)

Wikki Tourists VS FC Ifeanyi Ubah (Draw)

Abia Warriors VS MFM FC (win for warriors)

Akwa United VS Enyimban int’l FC (Draw)

Lobi Stars VS Niger Tornadoes (win for lobi)

AMAKAPABO, BOBOYE TO ASSIST YUSUF FOR MAY FRIENDLY

The National Technical Director of the Nigeria Football Association, Shaibu Amodu, will lead quartet of Salisu Yussuf, Alloy Agu, Emma

Amakapabo and Kennedy Boboye to serve as the Super Eagles temporal consortium of technical crew to handle the team for the two international friendly encounters against Mali and Luxembourg

in Europe.

The Nigeria Football Federation technical Sub-committee made the recommendation to the Executive Committee of the Federation after several hours of deliberation.

The technical committee argued that they went for Amakapabo and Boboye, two league coaches, meritoriously to expose them to the rudiments of the game with those two matches.

While Amakapabo coaches Rangers FC, Boboye is at the helm of affairs at Abia Warriors.

NIGERIA NATIONAL LEAGUE GROUPING FOR 2015/16 SEASON

GROUP A 1

SOKOTO UNITED

KADUNA UNITED

KOGI UNITED

SHEKARAU BABES

KATSINA UNITED

FC YARMALIGHT

MIGHTY JET

JIGAWA

GROUP A 2

ADAMAWA

KWARA UNTED

FC TARABA

WIKKI FEEDERS

SUPREME COURT

FC ZAMFARA

DREAMS FC

GOMBE UNITED

GROUP B 1

REMO STARS

COD UTD

DELTA FORCE

GO ROUND

UNICEM ROVERS

SHARKS

AKWA STARLET

ABIA COMETS

GROUP B 2

ABS FC

CROWN FC

PRIME FC

J. ATETE FC

BAYELSA UTD

FIRST BANK

GATEWAY UTD

B. INSURANCE

ENYIMBA INTO CAF GROUP STAGE

The only remaining Nigeria club on the continent Enyimba international football club moved to the group stage of CAF champions league.

The club last played in this stage of the competition in 2011 and got eliminated in the semi final.

The club got into this stage defeating Etoile du Sahel on penalty shootout 3 - 4.

For qualifying into the lucrative stage of the champions league Enyimba international football club are automatically $400,000 wealthier.

LAGOS OWNS IT

Night football has come to stay in Lagos state popularly refer to among the youth as Lasgidi.

With the promotion of MFM FC and Ikorodu United at the end of last season to the premier division after 18 years of non premier league games when Julius Berger last represented the state at that level.

How best can Lasgidi showcase it's class in football administration and organizations than to request LMC to give the fans something to cheer about and also to make a statement to other clubs either state or privately owned that if you set your mind at it, definitely you can get it done.