Nigeria’s elite football league – Globacom Premier League 2014/15 season kicked off over the weekend with some surprising results on match-day one. Against all permutations, only the four newly promoted clubs – Gabros International, FC Taraba, Wikki Tourist and El-Kanemi recorded home victories against their highly rated opponents on match day one. While the encounter between Heartland FC and the reigning champions, Kano Pillars could not come up due to the latter’s armed-robbery attacks last week, the opening day fixture was a game many regular premier league teams would love to forget in a hurry.
NPFL Match Day 1 Results/Scorers
*Bayelsa Utd 1-1 Lobi Stars
(Eric Frimpong 70′ – Obioma Arinze 43′)
*Enyimba 0-0 Akwa Utd
*FC Taraba 3-2 Rangers
(Bobby Abel 14′, Abdulmalik Mohammed 47′ (p), Nura Ahmed 65′ – Pierre Coly 28′, Samuel Agba 88′)
*Gabros 2-0 Warri Wolves
(Michael Onuoha 4′, Onyekachi Nwaiwu 90′)
*Giwa FC 0-0 Abia Warriors
*El-Kanemi 1-0 Nasarawa Utd
(Abraham Audu 40′)
*Wikki 2-0 Shooting Stars
(Victor Yakubu 6′, 56′ (p)
*Sharks 0-0 Sunshine Stars
*Dolphins 0-0 Kwara Utd
By Olisemeka Obeche
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