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Plateau United new import Sikiru Olatunbosun is hopeful of an outright win this weekend as his team face Kano Pillars in Lafia. Following their earlier sanctioned by the League Management Company (LMC) to play three home games in Ilorin.  After playing the first, Plateau United appealed that they should play the remaining in Lafia and it was granted hence, this tie between the Peace Boys and Pillars will be staged  at the Lafia City Stadium. The former MFM FC star who made his debut for his new team against FC Ifeanyi Ubah in the opening match of the 2018/19 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) in Jos is optimistic of a victory when his team host the former NPFL Champions. “Our game against Pillars is a must win for us. We need the maximum points like every other thing. “The game is one of the biggest games of the week and we need to win games like this to make a big statement. “I know it’s going to be difficult but then I think we are capable of be...

Newly acquired Plateau United forward, Sikiru Olatunbosun has bid his former team MFM FC an emotional farewell as he looks forward to making his debut in the  2018/19 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) which will kick off this Sunday across various match centers. The tricky left-footed player who joined the Jos-based team during the transfer window for the new season after an eventful years of service at the Lagos-based team shared an emotional valedictory message on his Twitter account: @Skolatunbosun appreciating his former team, family, friends fans and the Media.

Ten-man Akwa United suffered a 3-0 defeat to league leaders Plateau United at the Rwang Pam Stadium in Jos on Sunday in one of matchday 28 games of the Nigeria Professional Football League NPFL Ariwachukwu Emmanuel's clearance inside the box bounced off Ifeanyi Ifeanyi but referee Jonathan Zakariya adjudged it to be a hand ball and awarded a penalty to the home team in the 20th minute which was converted by Emmanuel James. Moments after the restart, Musa Newman was harshly tackled from behind, but it was Ubong Friday that got involved in an argument with Ogene Elijah. The incident fetched Friday a yellow card but further argument with the referee resulted in the winger being sent off in the 24th minute. In a tactical move to contend the home team, Coach Abdu Maikaba replaced Cyril Olisema with Christopher Lolo in the 36th minute. Despite the poor pitch, the midfielder was able to combined with Ifeanyi and Aremu to supply Musa Newman and Gabriel Okechukwu with some decent passes...

Nigeria National League (NNL) side, Plateau United Assistant Coach, Abdullahi Mansor is full of confidence as his wards face Kogi United in one the biggest fixtures of Matchday 5 at the Confluence Stadium in Lokoja on Saturday. Plateau United are yet to amass an away point this season in the NNL, they have lost two away games this season, conceded five goals and scored two, but Coach Mansor is not moved with the statistics,  he believes  his side can cause a major upset when they face the Wada boys later today. Coach Mansor disclosed in a chat that despite all the challenges that they may face in the encounter with Kogi United that his wards major goal is to return to Jos with a valuable point(s). He began" Playing away from is a difficult thing to do but then we have our way of getting the needed results. "Although we haven't picked any point on the this season, we nearly picked one against Kaduna United in Week 3 but we lost the point few minutes to end the game. T...

Upcoming defender Tobore Isaac has moved to Nigeria National League club Plateau United. The Jos based club have confirmed that they have signed the 2012 National Sports Festival product. "We can confirm that Tobore has completed his move to our club," a club official told Nigerian League reporter Ademetan Abayomi on Thursday night. Plateau United are seeking promotion to the Nigeria Professional Football League in the new NNL season due to get underway on 18th April. "I have acquired enough experience to be able to succeed here and I will use this experience to help Plateau United return to where they belong," Tobore said. The young defender helped Dynamites Force to a 4th round run in the 2014 Federation Cup.