Rivers Commissioner for Sports, Hon Boma Iyaye (middle); Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Sir Honour Sirawoo (right) and ex-international, Victor Ikpeba during the inspection of re-construction and re-grassing work at the main bowl and football training pitches of the Adokiye Amiesimaka Sports Complex in Port Harcourt.
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Rivers State Commissioner for Sports, Boma Iyaye, has said that the management of Rivers United Football Club has officially written to the League Management Company (LMC), protesting the use of an ineligible player in the club’s Match-day 34 encounter with Jigawa Golden Stars in Kaduna.
Jigawa Golden Stars had featured one Christopher Richard in the NPFL fixture despite being informed by the LMC prior to the encounter that he was not eligible to play having accumulated five yellow cards.
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Coach of Rivers United Football Club of Port Harcourt Stanley Eguma has expressed disappointment over the unstable calendar of the Nigerian top-flight league after another date 9th of May 2021 was released for the resumption of the second stanza of the 2020/21 league season from the initially scheduled date of 28th April 2021.
Eguma speaking in a chat with brila.net stressed his dissatisfaction with the continuous delay in restarting the season after having seen the first date of April 10 moved to 28 and now 9th of May. He lamented the effects this will have on technical program and team planning.
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Nigeria’s professional football league longest standing front-of-shirt sponsor, Eunisell Limited, has renewed its front-of-shirt sponsorship with Rivers United Football Club for the 2020/21 season.
The renewal comes after Rivers United’s impressive start to the season in which the club has won its opening two matches and is on the verge of qualifying for the next round of the CAF Confederation Cup.
Chika Ikenga, Eunisell Group Managing Director, emphasised the importance of the company’s commitment to the future of professional football in Nigeria.
In a statement, the GMD noted that the company’s participation, through sponsorship, will not only benefit Rivers United and the team’s growing number of fans, but sets the standard for the private sector’s involvement in Nigeria’s national sport.