{"id":102150,"date":"2023-11-26T19:54:20","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T18:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/npfl-lobi-stars-back-on-top-abia-warriors-beat-rangers-in-derby"},"modified":"2023-11-26T22:22:06","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T21:22:06","slug":"npfl-lobi-stars-back-on-top-abia-warriors-beat-rangers-in-derby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/npfl-lobi-stars-back-on-top-abia-warriors-beat-rangers-in-derby","title":{"rendered":"NPFL: Lobi Stars back on top, Abia Warriors beat Rangers in derby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Lobi Stars are back on top of the Nigeria Premier Football League courtesy of a 2-1 home win against Shooting Stars.<\/p>\n<p>Adebayo Waheed and Kalu Orji were on target for the home team in the game.<\/p>\n<p>Shooting Stars scored their goal through Gideon Monday.<\/p>\n<p>In Umuahia, Abia Warriors defeated Rangers 1-0 in the Oriental derby.<\/p>\n<p>Collins Nwoburuoke scored the decisive goal in the second minute.<\/p>\n<p>Former champions Akwa United fell to a 1-0 defeat against Niger Tornadoes at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna, with Bashir Usman scoring the only goal of the game in the 25th minute from time.<\/p>\n<p>MATCHDAY 10 RESULTS<\/p>\n<p>Heartland FC 0-1 Enyimba<\/p>\n<p>Remo Stars 0-0 Doma Utd<\/p>\n<p>Pillars 0-0 Bendel Insurance<\/p>\n<p>Katsina Utd 1-1 Bayelsa Utd<\/p>\n<p>Abia Warriors 1-0 Rangers<\/p>\n<p>Sunshine Stars 1-0 Sporting Lagos<\/p>\n<p>Lobi Stars 2-1 Shooting Stars<\/p>\n<p>Kwara Utd 2-0 Gombe Utd<\/p>\n<p>Tornadoes 1-0 Akwa Utd<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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