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Lobi Stars returned to winning ways after beating FC Ifeanyiubah 1-0 at the Aper Aku Stadium, Makurdi on Wednesday. Samad Kadiri’s goal just five minutes into the game proved decisive ultimately. Since beating Kwara United in Ilorin on Matchday 22, Lobi have had little to cheer by way of results on the pitch. They threw
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Football is many times a game of fine margins. Lobi Stars had only one short on target – and that was all that mattered. They also played an entire half a man short. That never mattered. In the end, the men from Makurdi were the only ones celebrating a gutsy away win in Ilorin. ALSO
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By John Egbokhan The ding-dong affair at the top of the Nigeria Professional Football continued yesterday as Lobi Stars narrowly defeated Wikki Tourists 2-1 to return to the top of the table. Two first-half goals by Utibe Archibong and Austin Ogunye had propelled Lobi to a 2-0 lead but Nasir Jibrin’s injury-time goal reduced the
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Lobi Stars forced Rangers International to a 1-1 draw in a pulsating rescheduled NPFL matchday 6 decided at the Aper Aku Stadium in Makurdi on Wednesday. The game started on a very good note as both teams exhibited some flashes of good football. It was an action-packed encounter full of talking points and great intensity
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Lobi Stars moved two points clear at the top of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) after edging neighbours Nasarawa United 2-1 in a highly entertaining derby at the Aper Aku Stadium, Makurdi. A long-range freekick from Chigozie Obasi and a tap-in from Samad Kadiri in either half ensured that Lobi Stars returned to winning
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Lobi Stars head coach Gbenga Ogunbote has toned down claims that his team are favorites to win the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) title at the end of the season. Ogunbote spoke to npfl.ng at the end of the Matchday 17 fixture which saw Lobi Stars defeating Nasarawa United 2-1, and said there can only
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Lobi Stars of Makurdi dropped points at home for the first time this season after playing out a nil all draw with visiting Dakkada FC of Uyo at the Aper Aku stadium, Makurdi on Sunday evening. It was Lobi that took the game to the debutants in the elite league in Nigeria, as they created
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Lobi Star climbed to the top spot on the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) log after a 1-0 win over MFM in a gritty Matchday 14 fixture at the Aper Aku Stadium. It was the first time Plateau United would be displaced at the top in the 2019/20 season and Coach Gbenga Ogunbote of Lobi
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Lobi Stars reached into its inner resolve to produce a masterclass and downed feisty MFM FC 1-0 in Makurdi on Sunday. The Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) Matchday 14 clash had started out with the hosts the fastest out of the block and,as early as the 3rd minute, Nzube Anaezemba connected with a pass from
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Joint table-toppers Plateau United and Lobi Stars have tough home ties to negotiate on Sunday as the 2019/20 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) season enters MatchDay 14. It will be a meeting of two former club bosses when first placed side Plateau United host Akwa United at the New Jos Stadium with Abdu Maikaba and
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