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2018/2019 NPFL: Fans Express Readiness To Support Kwara United
Football fans in Ilorin have expressed readiness to support their darling Kwara United FC as the 2018/2019 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) begins on Sunday.
Some of the fans who spoke with newsmen yesterday in Ilorin said they were all ready to cheer the club to excel in the competition.
Tidesports reports that Kwara United will on Sunday host Sunshine Stars of Akure at the Kwara State Stadium, Ilorin at 4 p.m in their league opener.
One of them, Rotimi Jimoh, said he was set to watch all Kwara United home matches this season to cheer them to victory.
“ I will support them whole heartedly and cheer them to booking a continental ticket and winning the league,” he said.
Another, Benjamin Aremu, said he had saved enough money to buy tickets for every of their match on home ground.
“If not for work and time, I will follow them to away matches to cheer them because I am in love with Kwara United,” he said.
Ronke Idowu said she had missed the NPFL and has had boring weekend without league actions.
“I have been praying to God for intervention so that the league can resume. To me, nothing is as lively as supporting Kwara United.
“I am fully ready this season. We will do our best to lift their spirit with our support. We will make United home ground become a lion’s den for visiting clubs,” she said.
For Mubarak Bello, he has not only purchased Kwara United Jersey for the season at the shop but has also customised it.
“I have customised my Jersey because I am a die hard fan of the Afonja Warriors. We are ready to shout on top of our voice to support our United,” said Bello. (NAN)
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Pinnick Woos FIFA For Tenure Elongation

According to Tidesports sources, in a letter sent to the world body last week and signed by General Secretary, Muhhamed Sanusi, the outgoing board led by Amaju Pinnick appealed to the world body to allow it to hold the forthcoming election next year’s January instead September.
Amaju Pinnick and his board were reelected for a second term in office on September 20, 2018 in Katsina and his tenure is meant to elapse next month.
However, sources revealed that the letter was already sent to FIFA before the NFF topshots informed the board members in an online platform of the federation.
The plan is to read the FIFA response at the AGA expected to take place this week in Bayelsa State.
The source added that the members were irked that a few people on the board took such a decision without informing others from the beginning and they are hoping to use the response to extend their tenure at the Annual General Assembly scheduled for Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
“It is indeed a taboo. Rather than get the consent of the board members and the Congress before sending the letter to FIFA, the letter was sent.
“There is no doubt, a few people at the top echelon of the current board want to remain in office beyond the September date,” our source revealed.
“There is a tentative date of August 16 for the AGA in Bayelsa and another date of September 21 for the elective Congress in a yet to be decided venue but it is clear the current board is reluctant to leave office.
“The majority of the board members are resolute to take out this current leadership for so many reasons especially because many of them were never informed about crucial decisive issues in the administration of the game,” a source told Tidesports source
Although Amaju Pinnick had stated time without number that he would not seek a new term in office, the former Delta State FA Chairman recently said that “influential people” are pushing him to contest for a 3rd term.
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Nigeria U-21 Volleyball Team Departs For Tunisia
He stated this while biding the team farewell at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna on Friday, adding that the target for the participation of Nigeria is to qualify for the world championship, stressing that, “We are also building them up for the All African Games next year and the next Olympics,” he said.
Also Speaking with Sports Writers, Coach Sani Mohammed Musa of the male U-21 men, said that the team are African champions and have featured in World Championship twice.
He said that bearing in mind that the North Africans would be battle ready for Nigeria, they will leave no stone unturned to ensuring they achieved their objectives.
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Female Footballers, Officials Abducted In Edo
Tidesports learnt that the six victims were kidnapped around 6pm on Friday, while returning from a game at Owa-Alero in Ika North-East Local Government Area of Delta State.
A source in the community said the kidnappers had contacted some families demanding a ransom of N5million each for the victims.
He said, “They (footballers) went to Owa-Alero to play a football match, but on their way back, they were kidnapped at Uronigbe area, the boundary between Delta and Edo States.
“The victims include Mrs Precious Agbajor, one Abraham, Nancy, Beatrice, the driver and one other person. They are six in number that are in the kidnapper’s den.
Tidesports learned that the matter has been reported at the Uronigbe police station.
“The kidnappers have contacted the family of Agbajor and asked them to pay N5million for his wife.”
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer in Delta State, DSP Bright Edafe, confirmed the kidnap, adding that the incident happened in Edo State.
His Edo State counterpart, Chidi Nwabuzor, said from the records available at the State Command, there was no information on the incident.
“You know we transmit our records to Force Headquarters everyday. There is no such record before us. From the Command’s record, no such incident happened on Friday, so the police will not give account of anything unreported.
“It is only when an incident is reported that the police can act on it. In most cases, citizens are not aware of the powers to report incidents. So the record I have from the Command is that no such incident happened on Friday, Saturday and even on Thursday.”
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