Oluyole Warriors while Kabiru Dogo led Nasarawa
United beat Bayelsa United for their third road win
of the second stanza.
GIWA 1-0 DOLPHINS
The Pride of Rivers are in serious trouble after they
crumbled 1-0 against the Jos Elephant at the Rwang Pam
Stadium and must battle very hard in the remaining five
matches if they are to remain in the topflight at the end of
the season.
On the other hand, the three vital points recorded by Giwa
FC have revived their hopes of ending the season with a
continental ticket as they have moved to fourth place on the
log with 54 points from 33 matches while Dolphins are 17
with 35 points.
FC IFEANYIUBAH 3-0 EL KANEMI WARRIORS
With the refusal of the Borno Army to embark on the trip to
Nnewi for their tie with the Anambra Warriors over salary
arrears issues, FC IfeanyiUbah chalked up three points and
three goals without sweating at all and the victory has lifted
them up to ninth on the log with 47 points from 33 matches
while El Kanemi are 13 on the log with 43 points.
El Kanemi are the side with the worst leaking defence in the
league this season with 51 goals let in from 33 matches
while scoring 33 goals, an average of a goal per match.
SHARKS 2-0 WIKKI TOURISTS
The Blue Angels downed the visitors from Bauchi 2-0 at the
Sharks Stadium in Port Harcourt to ease their relegation
worries with five matches to the end of the campaign.
Afeez Aremu put the home side in the ascendancy before
Christian Pyagbara doubled the advantage from the penalty
spot and the encounter ended that way to the delight of
Sharks’ fans and supporters who thronged the stadium.
Sharks, with Festus Allen at the helms, are 16 on the log
with 39 points from 33 games and they have opened a four-
point gap between them and the four teams in the drop zone
presently while Wikki are still third on the table despite the
loss with 54 points from 33 matches.
FC TARABA 1-0 HEARTLAND
The Jalingo side kept their faint hope of premier league
action next season alive after they pipped Heartland by a
lone goal at the Jolly Nyame Stadium on Sunday.
Stephen Adah broke the deadlock in the second half after the
Naze Millionaires had battled their hosts to a goalless draw
in the first half.
FC Taraba are 19 on the log with 33 points from 33
matches and must win the remaining league matches while
hoping that other results favour them if they are to remain in
the top flight beyond this season while Heartland’s bid to
qualify for the continent may have ended abruptly in Jalingo
with the loss. Heartland are eighth on the log with 47 points
from 33 matches and are seven points off the continental
ticket slot presently.
ENYIMBA 2-1 3SC
The People’s Elephant trudged on in their quest to land their
record setting seventh league title at the end of the season
after they beat the Oluyole Warriors 2-1 at the Enyimba
International Stadium, Aba on Sunday to extend their lead at
the top of the table to five points.
Supported by former player of the Aba side 3SC played their
hearts out but they were unable to stop the rampant
Enyimba team who are urged on by their determination to
claim the record setting seventh league diadem.
Ajani Ibrahim, a former player of Enyimba scored the
equalizer for 3SC in the 56 minute after Enyimba had
taken a first half lead but Chinedu Udoji rescued the Aba
Giants with a thumping header off Ezekiel Bassey’s pull out
in the 75 minute.
Enyimba have reclaimed their five point’s advantage at the
top of the league table with 61 points from 33 matches
while 3SC slipped to 11 on the log with 46 points from 33
games.
BAYELSA UNITED 1-2 NASARAWA UNITED
The Restoration Boys chances of staying in the elite division
have virtually evaporated beyond this season after they were
beaten 2-1 at home in Oghara by Nasarawa United on
Sunday.
Anyu Ishaya’s double for the Solid Miners handed them a
vital road win against relegation haunted Bayelsa United
after the Yenagoa side could only half the scores through
Eric Frimpong.
The victory had in Oghara, the third away win since Kabiru
Suleiman Dogo took over the team from Mohammed
Babaganaru who joined Kano Pillars just before the start of
the second stanza of the league, has made the Lafia side
one of the contenders for the continental ticket at the end of
the season.
Bayelsa United are still last on the log with 30 points from
33 matches while Nasarawa United who are still sixth on the
log with 52 points from 33 games have narrowed the gap
between them and third placed Wikki Tourists to just two
points with five games to the end of the season.
LOBI STARS 2-1 KWARA UNITED
The Pride of Benue have secured their first win in six
matches after they managed to beat spirited Kwara United
2-1 at the Aper Aku Stadium, Makurdi on Sunday to ease
their relegation troubles.
Abdulrahman Bashir scored the opening goal for Lobi in the
ninth minute before Michael Ogu doubled the lead in the
19 minute. The Harmony Warriors did reply with a goal in
the 45 minute through Dare Ojo but they couldn’t find an
equalizer till the referee blew the final whistle.
Lobi are still 14 on the log with 40 points from 33 games
while Kwara United are 18 on the log with 35 points from
33 matches.
AKWA UNITED 1-0 ABIA WARRIORS
The Promise Keepers kept to their own part of the bargain to
spend another season in the topflight after another crucial
three points at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium, Uyo on
Sunday against Abia Warriors.
They are not completely out yet as they are 15 on the log
with 40 points from 33 matches. The Uyo side are five
points away from the drop zone while Abia Warriors are
10 on the league table with 47 points from 33 ties.
ENUGU RANGERS 1-1 WARRI WOLVES
The Flying Antelopes failed in their bid to record a second
successive victory over the Seasiders after they were forced
to a 1-1 draw at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu on
Sunday.
Gbolahan Salami shot Warri Wolves ahead in the highly
explosive encounter in the 10 minute of the match and
missed several opportunities to increase the lead until
Rangers came back stronger in the second half to level up
through Osas Okoro in the 50 minute.
Rangers are 12 on the log with 45 points from 33 matches
while Wolves are second on the log with 56 points from 33
games.
KANO PILLARS 2-1 SUNSHINE STARS
Sai Masu Gida needed a stoppage time penalty kick
converted by Tony Edjomariegwe to beat 10 man Owena
Waves at the Sani Abacha Stadium on Sunday.
It was as if the game would end in a 1-1 draw after Seun
Olulayo left his duties at the left full back to pomp home the
equalizer for the Akure Gunners in the early part of the
second half after Waheed Omololu had given Pillars the lead
when he scored an own goal in the first half.
The way the infringement that led to Pillars’ second goal
came angered Sunshine’s players and this led to Chaona
Mohammed’s dismissal after his complaint while Tamen
Medrano was also issued a yellow card for the same reason.
Pillars have risen to seventh on the log with 49 points from
33 games while Sunshine’s two consecutive losses have
made them to slip to fifth on the log with 53 points from 33
matches.
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