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Former Golden Eaglets goalkeeper Bassey Akpan has joined Ladan Bosso's Abia Warriors on loan until the end of the season, the club have have confirmed. The experienced campaigner gave a good account of himself at Bayelsa United after he decided not to renew his contract at Vietnamese club Hoang Gia Lia at the end of the 2014 season. He kept clean sheets in his first three matches against Gabros FC, Sharks and FC Taraba. Bassey joins a club sitting in 10th place in the top flight division. Abia Warriors have accrued 13 points from 10 league games this season, and are seven points adrift of leaders Sunshine Stars.

Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) outfit Sunshine Stars energetic midfielder Tamen Medrano has rated Ibrahim Ishaku as Matt Clatternberg following the refeere show of class in their home game against Wikki Tourists of Bauchi in match day six of the top flight league in Nigeria. The Kogi State born refeere Ishaku was named as the NPFL  refeere of the Week by the League Management Company (LMC) after his scintillating performance in Akure. Cameroonian import, Tamen Medrano has revealed in a chat that Ibrahim was as good as England top refeere Clatternberg thereby placing him in a class of the world famous refeere. "Ibrahim Ishaku was just as good as Matt Clatternberg last week Sunday when handling our game against Wikki Tourists, his decisions on the pitch were on point and his overall performance was just exceptional" the powerful midfield player enthused. Medrano also talked about this weekend tie against NPFL table toppers Heartland FC in match day seven of th...