Jibola Adeleke’s 82nd minute goal helped the league leaders to cancel out Chinedu Udeagha’s 39th minute penalty kick for a point, which helped them to stay up.
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The victory at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo in the Match Day 13 fixture took Akwa United FC to fifth place on the NPFL table.
He was abducted by gunmen at about 7:30pm on February 19, 2021, while conveying the team for the Week 11 NPFL match against MFM FC of Lagos.
In the match played at the Ondo State Sports Complex In Akure, the visitors won 2-1 after a goalless first half, where there were no clear-cut chances created by both sides.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports on Friday that the two football power houses are set to lock horns in continuation of the 2020/2021 Nigeria Professional Football League in the Matchday 9 encounter.
Israel Abia had put Rangers ahead just before halftime at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium.
“The atmosphere in our camp has been charged up, following that morale-boosting victory over Kano Pillars on Match Day 7 in Uyo last Saturday,” he said in a statement on Monday by the club’s Media Manager, Mfon Patrick.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Nigeria Professional Football League Match Day 7 encounter saw both teams slugging it out for 90 minutes without a victor emerging.
The Media Officer of the Club, Mayuku Charles, in a statement in Lagos, quoted Eguma as having said this.
All 10 matches were played starting on Saturday when Akwa United turned back Abia Warriors 2-1 at the Nest of Champions in Uyo, while former champions: Enyimba, Lobi Stars and Plateau United, all won at home on Sunday, with Enugu Rangers and Dakkada stunning their respective hosts.
Israel Abia scored the only goal in the 60th minute of the match played at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium in Enugu.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that both sides also failed to convert a good number of goal scoring chances in the Match Day 1 fixture played at the Pantami Stadium, Gombe
The League organiser said the commencement date was arrived at after consultations with the Nigeria Football Federation, participating football clubs of the NPFL and Redstrike Media Group UK, the NPFL commercial rights holders, and strategic commercial partners of the LMC.
Speaking against the backdrop of the recent poor showing of a wholly foreign-based Eagles squad against Sierra Leone in a 2022 Africa Cup of Nations double-header qualification earlier in the month, Okoku frowned at the reluctance of Rohr to select home-based players in his squad.
This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen by the Media Officer of Sunshine Stars, Chris Okunnuwa, on Monday in Akure.
The decision was taken at a virtual meeting held at the instance of the President of the NFF, Amaju Melvin Pinnick, to deliberate on all the issues arising from the forced ending to the season by COVID-19.
At the outgone NPFL season that was canceled due to the continuous threat of Coronavirus, Kwara United were aiming to finish among the top clubs on the final standings.
The football governing body stated this after the body’s video conference held on Monday.
Okey Kpalakwu, the club’s General Manager, disclosed this position in a statement, insisting that the club remained the team which finished in second place by the end of the season.
The governor, who spoke through Seun Fakorede, the State Commissioner for Youth and Sports, said the management must ensure the club got promoted from the Nigeria National League.