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The 2022/2023 Season will kick-off on Sunday, as the Nigeria Professional Football League, with 2021 Champions, Akwa United hosting Bendel Insurance of Benin, ...

It is also Imperative for the IMC to continue to work hand-in-hand with Security Agents, State Football Associations, Club Administrators, and leadership of the various Supporters Clubs, to sustain the truce that eventually made way for the Season to commence, and eradicate hooliganism at our match venues, if the trills and frills of NPFL matches are to be savoured by majority of Nigerians, including the working class and decent families. In addition to promising to defray the backlog of unpaid match fees, estimated to be in the region of half a billion naira, in installments, the NFF President and IMC Chairman brought no fewer than 200 of these men and women in Black to Abuja, to reassure them that the worst was over, and their welfare and Wellbeing will henceforth be accorded the deserved attention it needed. Prior to today, the Nigeria Football Federation, as the body in charge of regulating all organised football related activities in the country, the Interim Management Committee of the League (IMC), and leadership of the Umbrella Body of Nigerian Referees (the NRA), held series of crisis meetings with a view to resolving the contentious and mitigating challenges, that seemed to take the league, hostage all this while.

Bendel Insurance recorded a shocking 2-0 away victory against former champions Akwa United in the opening game of the 2022/23 season.

By Adeboye AmosuCopyright © 2022 Completesports.com All rights reserved. The game was Bendel Insurance’s first in the Nigerian top-flight in over three years. It was also the first time Insurance have scored two goals in an NPFL game since they lost 3-2 to Zamfara United in October 2007.

The Interim Management Committee (IMC) for the Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) has received the thumbs up from commentators and analysts within ...

We have to make the league better and solid on all fronts.” The present salary structure in the domestic league is nothing to write home about. Our main concern and focus is the welfare of the players. According to a player of the defunct Heartland of Owerri who spoke to SUNDAY INDEPENDENT on condition of anonymity, the relegation of the Naze Millionaires has a lot to do with the poor welfare of the club towards the players. How prepared are the IMC to wield the big sticks on erring clubs who fail to take responsibility on their players in terms of their welfare? Heartland is the worst club to play for in Nigeria. NPFL can only attract attention when such tendency is curbed and this is also one area the IMC should look into as the season gets underway. Sadly on the day Martins died from a situation that could have been saved, there was no ambulance at the field and what looked like one parked very close to the pitch, apart from having no life-saving equipment, was not in good condition as spectators resorted to pushing it to see if it could start. So how prepared are the league body to make sure that in situations of emergencies, there won’t be another Chineme Martins and Amir Angwe? These questions are very important given that starting the league is just one minute or little aspect of what makes a good season with prospects for players and officials. It was during a CAF Cup semifinal match between the Bridge Boys and Maxaquine FC of Mozambique in Lagos. For instance, in 2012, a player of Bolton Wanderers, Fabrice Muamba ‘died’ for 78 minutes and had to be shocked 15 times before his heart restarted.

The 2022/2023 season of the Nigeria football league season will kick off today , Sunday , January 8 with the match between Akwa United and Bendel.

In view of the ensuing format, the 20 teams have been divided to teams in two groups of A and B. The body was set up after the scrapping of the former body, League Management Company (LMC) by the federal government of Nigeria which was sequel to the declaration of the LMC as an ‘illegal body by the court’. Format: The new season will be played as an abridged-league against the normal format of a straight-league.

By Emmanuel Okogba. Bendel Insurance began their league campaign with a comfortable 2-0 win on the road against Akwa United on Sunday. Competing in Group A, ...

The victory was the first time the Benin side will score two goals in an NPFL game since a 3-2 loss to Zamfara United in 2007. Competing in Group A, the league returnees sealed their victory in the space of four minutes, scoring in the 37th and 41st minutes of the first half. Bendel Insurance began their league campaign with a comfortable 2-0 win on the road against Akwa United on Sunday.

After several months of delay the 2022/2023 season of the Nigeria Premier Football League(NPFL) finally kicked off at the Godswill Akpabio International ...

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Bendel Insurance defeated Akwa United 2-0 in the curtain raiser of the 2022/23 season of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL).

Just five minutes later, Ismael Seriki doubled the lead for Insurance. The Promise Keepers, however, had no response to the rollercoaster football of the opposition and suffered their first home loss of the season. Bendel Insurance have defeated Akwa United 2-0 in the curtain raiser of the 2022/23 season of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL).

Former UNIBEN Royal striker Imade Osarenkhoe scored the first goal of the 2023 season. | Pulse Nigeria.

For Bendel Insurance, the victory mean that they have now scored 2+ away goals in the NPFL for the first time since they lost 3-2 at Zamfara United in October 2007. The defeat for Akwa United is also similar to the 2019 season - the last time the NPFL was played in an abridged format - when they lost their first of the season to El Kanemi Warriors. Lightening struck for a second time in two years in the NPFL, as newly promoted Bendel Insurance stunned hosts Akwa United to a 2-0 scoreline at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo on Sunday.

Bendel Insurance put up an impressive display as they defeated Akwa United 2-0 in the opening fixture of the 2022/23 Nigeria Premier Football League.

It was the first time Insurance have scored two goals in an NPFL game since they lost 3-2 to Zamfara United in October 2007. Bendel Insurance put up an impressive display as they defeated Akwa United 2-0 in the opening fixture of the 2022/23 Nigeria Premier Football League season. NPFL: Bendel Insurance outclass Akwa United in season opener

Newly promoted Bendel Insurance kicked off the 2022/2023 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) season with a 2-0 victory against Akwa United, ...

It was a brilliant piece of skill and pace from Nwachukwu that opened the space for the goal. 2021 champions Akwa United created a few chances in the second half, but could not find a way to break down the defence of Bendel Insurance as the match finished 2-0. Newly promoted Bendel Insurance kicked off the 2022/2023 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) season with a 2-0 victory against Akwa United, at the Akwa Ibom International Stadium in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.

Bendel Insurance FC of Benin City made a bold statement in their first game since returning to the Nigerian Premier Football League (NPFL) with a 2-0 defeat ...

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