NPFL: Chima Akas Set For Sunshine Stars Move

Super Eagles Chima Akas has accepted a deal to leave Shooting Stars to join top NPFL side. Facts shows that he has reached personal terms with Sunshine Stars.

Nigeria international Chima Akas has agreed personal terms with Nigeria premier league club Sunshine Stars.

Leftback Akas, who features for both the Super Eagles and Nigeria U23s, played on loan at relegated Sharks from Shooting Stars this past season.

NPFL: Sunshine Stars Appoint Former Kwara United Coach Samson Unuanel

The air is now clear after there have been various names of managers linked to the Akure based club. Much was not said about Unuanel but the former Kwara United coach has been appointed after being sacked by Afonja warriors. Samson Unuanel will have a big task of qualifying the Akure club for CAF champions league after they missed out on the Confederation cup in the just concluded season.

Former Kwara United coach Samson Unuanel has been appointed the new coach of Nigeria premier league side Sunshine Stars.

According to the club's media officer, Wahab Bankole, the coach has sealed the deal.

NPFL: Bosso, Aigbogun Battles To Replace Boboye At Sunshine Stars

Former Abia Warriors coach Ladan Bosso has now emerged as main contender to take over Sunshine Stars along with Warri Wolves coach Paul Aigbogun.

Sources close to the Akure club disclosed former Nigeria U20 coach Bosso is now being considered to lead the team next season with Aigbogun also in the frame.

A planned interview for the coach to replace Kennedy Boboye, who quit Sunshine after he led them to finish fifth in the league this past season has been delayed because they are still expecting their monthly allocation from the Ondo State Government.

Sunshine 5-1 Rangers: Tunji Adeniji Hits Brace As Enugu Boys Suffer Humilation

Hot Sunshine Stars went on rampage on Wednesday at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos as they thrashed Rangers 5-1 in a rescheduled NPFL match. Leading goal scorer Tunji Adeniji hit a brace in the demolition of the Enugu boys.

Sunshine remain fifth on the league table with 56 points from 35 matches to keep their hope of getting a continental ticket alive.

Cameroon midfielder Tamen Medrano opened the scoring in the 35th minute, when he converted a spot kick following Okechukwu Odita's hand ball which resulted in the Rangers defender being sent off by the referee.

NPFL: Kwara United Can Halt The Charge Of Sunshine FC - Coach Tunde Abdulrahman

Coach Tunde Abdulrahman has called on his Kwara United players to "halt the charge" of Kennedy Boboye’s Sunshine Stars.

Sunshine Stars in fourth, hold the narrow advantage having defeated the Ilorin outfit 1-0 in the first leg and Kwara United coach Abdulrahman is hoping to blunt Boboye's charges on Saturday.

“We cannot afford to lose any more points especially at home though we are working on our results on the road,” said Abdulrahman.

In Form Sunshine Stars Will Win The NPFL Title - Omaka

Anthony Omaka believes Sunshine Star’s brilliance in the attack will see them clinch the Nigeria Professional Football League title ahead of their rivals this season.

Kennedy Boboye’s team  currently sit two points below leaders Enyimba, but boast of a better goals difference in the Nigeria topflight after tearing apart El Kanemi Warriors 5-0 in their last league outing.

With 13 matches still to play, the former Flying Eagles attacking midfielder concedes that he and his team-mates are remaining focused on the job in hand, but believes that they can win their first league title ever if they keep up their brilliant goal scoring form.

NPFL: Aba Elephants Vows To Win Title

It has been one back and forth, end to end and dramatic campaign for teams in the nation’s top flight as the chase for the title has seen an exchange and inter-exchange of the top spots by Sunshine Stars and Enyimba in the last one month or so, which in itself, has rekindled the interest of fans in the Nigerian league.

Between Sunshine Stars and Enyimba, the margin for error is slim as both are involved in the keenest title chase ever seen in the top flight in recent times, with just two points separating the two at the top now.

Sunshine Stars have enjoyed being on top for long since the league commenced in March but started showing signs of fatigue lately when six-time champions, Enyimba started sharing the top spot with them last month. And events that unfolded midweek, which saw Sunshine surprisingly lose 1-0 to Dolphins and Enyimba’s 1-0 triumph against the reigning champions, Kano Pillars, seem to have tipped the scale in favour of the marauding Aba Elephants.

Sunshine Stars 4-0 Giwa FC: Prince Aggreh Bags Hat-Trick

Prince Aggreh continued his fine form with a stunning hat-trick as Sunshine Stars took another step towards winning the Nigeria Professional Football League diadem with a 4-0 win against Giwa FC.

The game was goalless until Aggreh 50th-minute opener, which saw Giwa's resilience quickly crumble, as Stephen Eze made it 2-0 to the hosts soon after. His cool side-footed finish past Ojo Olorunleke doubled Sunshine’s lead.

Tunde Adeniji could have made it three had he not scooped a strike over from inside the area.
Giwa's defence began to show signs of frailty towards the end of the game, as Adeniji weaved through in stunning style, skipping past his challenges before laying a pass to Aggreh to make it 3-0.

Prince Aggreh Set For Eagles Challenge

Sunshine Stars’ goalscoring winger Prince Aggreh wants to maximise his first invitation to the Super Eagles.

Aggreh has put his omission from the Flying Eagles squad that participated at the 2015 African Youth Championship and the Fifa Under-20 World Cup behind him to become one of the most entertaining players in the Glo Premier League this term.

“It’s a challenge for me and I’m ready for it. I’ve to maintain my form and I have to continue to do well for my club, Sunshine Stars.

Ifeanyi Ubah FC 1-1 Sunshine 1: Super Ezenwa Saves Penalty

Sunshine Stars claimed a creditable 1-1 draw with FC Ifeanyi Ubah at the Gabros Stadium, Nnewi, as the result quashes the hosts’ hopes of emerging as league Nigeria Professional League champions.

Kennedy Boboye’s side came into Monday's clash with the Nigeria topflight returnee who are ranked out the top half of the NPFL table – as the hosts expressed their desire to avenge their 2-1 defeat in the first leg in Akure.

NPFL: Sunshine Roars Back To League Top

Sunshine Stars are back on top of the Nigeria league table after a 2-0 win over Sharks at the Akure Township stadium on Thursday.

Sunshine now have 39 points from 21 games, a point ahead of second-placed Enyimba. Prince Aggreh opened the scoring for the hosts in the 10th minute.

Tunde Adeniji after a series of misses doubled Sunshine's lead in the 68th minute to take his goals’ haul to 12 from a loose ball.

Kano Pillars Still In Title Race - Gambo Mohammed

Kano Pillars forward Gambo Mohammed believes his side can still mount a Glo Premier League title challenge despite their not too impressive showing in the first half of the season.

The defending champions are nine points adrift of leaders Sunshine Stars and need a remarkable turnaround in performance and luck to win a fourth consecutive title.

And Gambo, who is yet to feature in the league in this campaign for the Sai Masu Gida due to the gunshot injury he sustained on their way to honour a match day one fixture against Heartland, is adamant his side can still catch up with the frontrunners.

The NPFL Mid-Season Review By Numbers

The Nigeria Professional Football League has been ace this 2015 season not necessarily because we are seeing fans return to the various centres across the country, or the number of away wins on show but the fact that there are so many talking points to keep fans on their toes during the hiatus.

After 19 match days, Sunshine Stars lead the pack with 36 points just ahead of a resurgent Enyimba of Aba on goals difference.

Such is the competition this season that just 5 points separate first from fifth while at the rung of the table, bar FC Taraba who are firmly rooted at the bottom, only five points separate 15th placed team from the 19th.

Coach Ikhana's Son Set To Be Promoted To Sunshine Stars' First Team

Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) leaders Sunshine Stars are set to promote goalkeeper Azeez Ikhana from their feeder team to their senior ranks.

The 18-year-old is the son of Enyimba head coach Kadiri Ikhana and has been in superb form for Rising Stars in the Nigeria Nationwide League (NNWL) this term and his development has been tracked by the coaches of Sunshine Stars.

Ikhana has been one of the impressive youngsters in the Rising Stars setup, and top officials of the Ondo State Football Agency (ODSFA), which is the parent body of NPFL table-topping Sunshine Stars as well as Rising Stars and Sunshine Queens, revealed to supersport.com that the goalkeeper is being penciled in to team up with their men's senior team.

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NASARAWA UNITED 1-1 FC IFEANYI UBAH

The Solid Miners lost more ground on the league table after they were held to a 1-1 draw by the Anambra Warriors at the Aper Aku Stadium, Makurdi on Sunday.

Nasarawa United started the game brightly and took the lead through Esosa Igbinoba in the 11th minute but got their joy silence six minutes later through Bright Onyedikachi who equalised for the away team

SUNSHINE STARS 1 ENYIMBA 1: Aba Warriors Hold Host To Goaless Draw

Enyimba forced Sunshine Stars to a 0-0 draw, while there were home wins for Bayelsa and Warri Wolves in rescheduled league matches Thursday. Sunshine goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa was at his best to keep Enyimba strikers at bay.

Emeka Nwanna missed a glaring chance to score for Enyimba as the keeper Ezenwa covered well to confuse the experienced striker.

Returning striker Dele Olorundare failed to give Sunshine the lead in the 51st minute and six minutes later, Abdulrahman Bashir missed a scoring chance to put Enyimba ahead.

NIGERIA FOOTBALL LEAGUE(NFL): Sunshine Stars Set For Enyimba Cracker

Top Sunshine Stars official Mike Idoko has promised visiting Enyimba a cracking match when both teams clash in a rescheduled league match on Thursday.

Idoko said Enyimba have always been tough opponents for Sunshine, but he believes the two-time African champions will be tamed in Akure on Thursday.

"After camping for two months in Ijebu-Ode, on their way back to Akure to go and acclimatise and prepare for the opening match against Enyimba, our players were involved in an accident," Idoko narrated.

Nigeria's Sunshine Stars Involved In Major Car Accident

Sunshine Stars players and officials were involved in a fatal accident on Friday evening on their way from Ijebu Ode where they have been camping ahead their 2014 Nigeria Premier League opener with Enyimba of Aba.

Information gathered says the crash occurred in Ore , a settlement very close to Ondo town . Though no death was recorded, six players of the Akure Gunners were reported to have been hospitalized while four of the side’s officials sustained minor injuries.