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Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) club, Nasarawa United has been tipped to be the team to beat in 2015.  The team manager of the Lafia based club, Solomon Babanjah spoke to press men at the Abuja national stadium where he came to see the LMC pre-season tournament.  Babanjah whose team, Nasarawa United gave a good challenge for the NPFL title last season said the Solid Miners will build on their 2014 performance ahead of the new season. "We have one of the best management in the country headed by Bar. Isaac Danladi and he doubles as the Chairman of the Premier League club chairmen," Solomon Babanjah stated. "Two seasons back we didn't go down well as planned but we did an evaluation of our performance and then came up with needed antidotes. We secured the services of the best coach at the time, Mohammed Babaganaru who had won the Premier League title back to back with Kano Pillars and also got former ABS coach, Kabiru Dogo to assist him. "The impa...

Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) side Crown FC most influential player Bode Daniel has stated that the Ajilete Boys are capable of sending second placed NPFL team Solid Miners out the 2014 Federation Cup Round of 16 when both teams meet on Thursday, 16th of July. Bode said in a chat with Olawale on Tuesday" We are familiar with the way and manner Nasarawa United approaches their games and we have prepared for them, being an NPFL side makes it a bit easier for us, and I can assure you that Crown will show them the way out," he boasted. Nasarawa United are second on the NPFL table with 31 points from 19 games while Crown FC maintained the 14th position on the log with 24 points. The striker added that Baba Ganaru team's position on the log means nothing to him because Cup approach is quite different from league approach. "We are in the Round of 16 which means we are in for a knock out battle, Nasarawa position will not reflect here though they have qual...