honeric01:

Wolves, Dolphins take centre stage in NPL team of the week


Warri Wolves unbeaten record in the Nigeria Premier League and Dolphins’ return to the top of the log has seen players from both teams hog choice positions in the NPL Team of the Week.

Warri Wolves goalkeeper Chigozie Agbim’s bravery on the face of an attacking avalanche helped Wolves earn a 1-0 road victory and saw him beat off competition from his 3SC counterpart Laide Okanlawon.

In front of Agbim, Dolphins supply three players, a centre back and two full backs.

Central defender Emmah Godwin and fullback Uche Oguchi both converted penalties as Dolphins ran away 3-0 winners against Gombe United. Ex-junior international Kennedy Chinwo, deployed in an unfamiliar left full back position, showed his versatility with a commanding display.

Cletus Itodo makes a return in midfield where he is joined by Kano Pillars’ Gabriel Reuben and Heartland’s game winner Ikechukwu Ibenegbu.

Upfront, Akombo Ukeyima also makes another return, and is joined by

Osas Okoro and Joseph Thompson.

The team, lining out in a 4-3-3 formation, will be coached by Wolves’ Paul Aigbogun, who has so far kept his team unbeaten in the face of daunting odds.



Team of the Week

GK: Chigozie Agbim (Warri Wolves)

RB: Uche Oguchi (Dolphins)

LB: Kennedy Chinwo (Dolphins)

CB: Emmah Godwin (Dolphins)

CB: Ike ThankGod (Warri Wolves)

MF: Cletus Itodo (SSS)

MF: Gabriel Reuben (Kano Pillars)

MF: Ikechukwu Ibenegbu (Heartland)

FW: Akombo Ukeyima (Sunshine Stars)

FW: Osas Okoro (Heartland)

FW: Joseph Thompson (Kano Pillars)



Coach: Paul Aigbogun (Warri Wolves)
http://www.npl.com.ng/news.php

medjai:

[center]Nigeria decides league boss fate on Wednesday[/center]

The dispute for the chairmanship of the Nigeria Premier League (NPL) could be decided once and for all on Wednesday when the Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) meets at the Glass House in Abuja.
Former Bayelsa United chairman, Victor Baribote Rumson, has been locked in a battle with the NPL chairman, Davidson Owumi, after an arbitration panel chaired by Professor Oye Ibidapo Obe nullified the election of the current Premier League chief.
The meeting of the Nigerian FA, which had been initially billed to hold last week, will take place with its president, Aminu Maigari, chairing the occasion after returning to the country on Sunday in the wake of undergoing medical treatment in South Africa.
Acting Secretary-General of the football house, Musa Ahmadu, said the secretariat will forward every detail of the dispute over the NPL chairmanship to the NFF Executive Committee to deliberate upon.
“The secretariat will include in the agenda to be discussed by the Executive Committee the issue of the NPL chairmanship. The football federation is keen to see peace return to the league leadership and I believe that the matter will be ironed out and a decision taken by the Executive Committee on Wednesday.
“It must be remembered that in our attempt to broker peace among the parties – three of them to be precise – we invited them to a meeting, which ended in a lock. We invited Mr Davidson Owumi, Mr Baribote Rumson and also, Honourable Abdulazeez Mohammed over the matter and nothing came out of it. So, the matter will now be handled by the Executive Committee,” Ahmadu said.
The three men, it would be recalled, were invited to the NFF’s office in Abuja on November 3.
However, there have been reports that the country’s soccer governing body could call for fresh elections into the NPL.
In spite of speculations of a new election in the offing, former Bayelsa United chairman is demanding that Owumi does not take part in the re-election process claiming that he was ineligible to contest in the first place

http://naijaligue..com/

medjai:

still waiting on the outcome of the meeting of the executive committee on the Owumi/Baribote issue. I dont know if they still met because Siasia was also to be unveiled on the same day. Anyways, whatever they do, they should make sure Owumi remains chairman of the NPL. The man obviously has a vision. This season, the league has taken a quantum leap from what it ever was and it can only get better with him in charge. Hardly have we had any case of crowd trouble, violence, referees being beaten up and all what nots that were hitherto bedevilling the league. I know he is not qualified to be NPL chairman but he should be allowed to continue based on what he has achieved in his short stay in office and there should be no need for another election

medjai:

Cletus Itodo for the second time this season. I've been watching him since his Enyimba days and the guy is really good

Gariel Reuben did well for Pillars against 3sc. I wonder why Enyimba sold him

Dis Guy:

it's only 3-4 weeks, same was said of the previous guys in the NFA/NFF dont think its right to judge someone based on 3 months when his tenure is probably 4-5years, I think we should be harsh in judging these guys

Television is still piss poor, NTA is not pulling its weight at all, online presence is abysmal for all the clubs including the NPL itself i mean they can still do with some videos or even get some from their partners supersports, create employment by employing 5-10 extra I.T guys around the country for regular update, commercialise the league by selling jersey on behalf of the teams online and WHAT's happening with the sponsorship

there are some simple tricks like offering tickets via competition to fans- season tickets or even tickets to top four matches

honeric01:

^^^

Why did you say Owumi was/is not qualified to be the chairman of the NPL? what made you say so?

medjai:

Owumi was never a club chairman so that already made him ineligible to contest the position of NPL boss. The statutes say you must be a club chairman. Owumi was not a club chairman though he held an administrative position with Rangers and that is why the tussle is lingering

honeric01:

This is not true, i WATCHED him live on sport splash on LTV lagos (Godwin's show), Owunmi SAID it himself that he was once Ranger's CLUB chairman, he said it on air, so do you think he lied about that?

medjai:

^^ My thoughts exactly. Why didnt Baribote and the other candidates vying for NPL's chairmanship position do anything before the election? Maybe they thought they were going to win.
As for Owumi being Rangers chairman, I'm not sure about that. Rangers chairman is Onyishi Maduka Samuel and he has been for some time now, even before the NPL elections

honeric01:

I still stand to be corrected, if he was never a chairman, how then did he qualify to run or did rangers have 2 chairmen at once?

medjai:

He was endorsed by Enugu state government. If he were chairman, Professor Oye Ibidapo would not have nullified the election and Baribote and others against Owumi will not have a case

medjai:

^^ Rivers state government own both clubs. Dolphins at that point in time were topping the league with 6 points while Sharks were down the table with 2 points.
I think the motive behind the match fixing was just to get Sharks some valuable 3 points and get them off the foot of the table

Cappadona123:

Crown fc 2-kano pillars 0

Thank God,where is honericlol

medjai:

^^wow. Surprise result
Rangers 5 vs Zamfara 1. Rangers also beat Ocean Boys 5 - 2 in week 3