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DOMA UNITED RISK IMC’S WRATH, FIELD 21 PLAYERS FOR NPFL FIXTURE, PELT STONES AT OPPONENTS

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The first major infraction that the recently-inaugurated Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the NPFL may have to deal with may have sprung up last week in Gombe as Doma United reportedly fielded a total of twenty-one players as against the approved number of twenty players in their matchday three fixture at home to Dakkada.

Available documents, including the duly signed matchday form, home-team graphics and videos indicate that the Savannah Tigers listed ten players on the bench in addition to the eleven who started the match.

It is unclear why the Match Commissioner, Mohammed Jimoh, Referee Assessor, Umar Fagge, Referee Ayatu Mohammad, who coincidentally was the same referee who handled the controversial match between Kano Pillars and Dakkada at the back end of last season, and his Assistants, Oladoja Muyiwa and Yahaya Ikara as well as the Reserved Referee, Babaissa Enejo failed to spot the anomaly in the pre-match formalities.

This was not to be the only gory incident which greeted the otherwise beautiful football match watched by thousands of spectators inside the Pantami stadium.

At half-time, it was reported that while the Dakkada players were on their way to the dressing room, stones were pelted from the stands, one of which hit the captain of Dakkada, Aniekan Ekpe, on the head. This forced Dakkada players to take refuge on the pitch side for several minutes before the intervention of the Police.

Doma United went on win the contest courtesy of Ogwuche’s fifty-ninth minute strike which earned United their first victory in the top-flight of Nigerian league football.

It would be interesting to see how the IMC reacts especially because one of the accusations which were levelled against the former management committee of the league was their untimely and sometimes uncanny ways of dispensing disciplinary actions.

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Official: Nigerian International Junior Lokosa Shake Hands With Remo Stars

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March 22, 2023

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Nigerian top-flight league side, Remo Stars Football Club have completed the signing of former Nigeria professional football league ‘Goal king’ Junior Sewanu Lokosa from Saudi Arabia based side, Al-Rayyan Club.

Born on 23 August 1993, 29-year-old Junior Sewanu Lokosa started his professional football career with defunct Nigerian based clubside, First Bank FC in 2013.

After a 7years stint with the defunct Lagos based side, First Bank FC, scoring 92 goals in 128 apperances, Junior Sewanu Lokosa moved to team up with Kano Pillars in 2018.

In Kano Pillars, Junior Sewanu Lokosa blossomed into a dreaded striker in the top-flight league and also went ahead to emerge Nigeria professional football league top scorer in 2018.

After trials in China,[7] he joined Espérance Sportive de Tunis on 14 January 2019, signing a two-and-a-half-year contract.

On July 30, 2020 the Tunisian champions Espérance Sportive de Tunis announced Lokosa’s departure on their Official Twitter and cut his contract.

On 5 August 2022, Lokosa joined Saudi Second Division side Al-Rayyan.

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EKPO EMMANUEL; I CAN’T WAIT FOR START OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE LEAGUE SEASON TO COMMENCE

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March 22, 2023

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Kwara United Centre back, Ekpo Emmanuel and Ghanaian National has stated that he is super excited for the second half of the Nigeria Professional League season to commence.

The first half of the Nigeria Professional League Season was concluded on 22nd of February with Kwara United winning away at Elkanemi Warriors home in the last game of the league season to finish 8th on the Group A standing of the NPFL .

The team also changed Coaches with Coach Abdulazeez Mohammed making way for Coach Kabiru Dogo.

Emmanuel Ekpo when asked about the change in the technical bench and how it will affect the team going forward, the Ghanaian Centre Back had this to say “I believe the new coach has given us a new mentality, I am confident in his ability to steady the team well and i hope at the end of the season we will end in a respectable position.” He further stated that he is looking forward to the second half of the season and can’t wait for the resumption of the second half f the league season scheduled to commence on 26th of March, 2023.

Kwara United will take on El-Kanemi Warriors in a reverse fixture on March 26th

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Nigeria Top-flight League: Red-hot Nigerian Striker Obioma Chukwuemeka Bags Player Of The Month Award

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Sensational Nigerian striker, Obioma Chukwuemeka, has been voted the League Bloggers player of the month for February.
Thanks to his remarkable goal-scoring form, the Enyimba International striker has clearly been a standout performer for the ‘People’s Elephant’ in the 2022–23 season.

The Enyimba talisman scored 5 goals in the 5 domestic league games in February, including a brace against El Kanemi Warriors. And indeed, this has helped him win the prestigious player award.

In the month under review,February, Obioma Chukwuemeka has been a smoking form in the league for his team to rank as the league top scorer with (7) goals and position his team on the second position.

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