NPFL Unveils Match Officials and Viewing Schedule for Matchday 11

The Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) has confirmed the officiating teams and broadcast arrangements for Matchday 11. According to league organizers, ten fixtures are slated across the country, with select games set for digital streaming and televised coverage alongside nationwide radio broadcast partnerships.

Televised and Streamed Encounters

League administrators announced that four fixtures will feature live broadcasts across designated video platforms, alongside coverage by the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN). Online and televised coverage will highlight Sunday’s matches.

• Rivers United vs. Rangers: Available live via the MBI YouTube channel from the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in Port Harcourt.
• Kwara United vs. Bendel Insurance: Streamed on the official NPFL YouTube channel from the Kwara State Stadium in Ilorin.
• Inter Lagos vs. Ranchers Bees: Broadcast live on Afro Soccer from the Mobolaji Johnson Arena in Onikan, Lagos.

Specific distribution slots for the fourth televised game or radio schedules beyond the general broadcast umbrella were not itemized separately in the release.

Match Official Appointments

The league named full refereeing panels—including center referees, assistant referees, and fourth officials—for each of the ten matches on the schedule.

For the headline Sunday clash between Rivers United and Rangers, Adamu Bashir has been appointed as center referee, supported by Ahmad M. Tijjani and Aminu Salihu on the lines, with Olufunmilayo Alaba acting as fourth official. In Ilorin, Nurah Abubakar will oversee Kwara United against Bendel Insurance, assisted by Kabiru Yusuf Al-Amin, Rabiu Mohammed Idris, and fourth official Bobby Yali.

Other designated center referees include Kasim Abdulsalam for Niger Tornadoes versus Barau FC, Edwin Anyanwu for Doma United’s home meeting with Ikorodu City, Ahmad Mohammed for Shooting Stars versus Abia Warriors, Nsisong Linus Ibuot in Lagos, Oluwatosin Omotoye for Enyimba against Kun Khalifat FC, Abdulganiyu Abdulmalik in Kano, Grema Mohammed in Jos, and Alhassan Mustapha in Katsina.

Schedule and Kickoff Times

The matchweek begins on Friday at the Bako Kontagora Stadium in Minna with an early 3:00 p.m. kickoff between Niger Tornadoes and Barau FC. Saturday’s lone contest sees Doma United host Ikorodu City at the Pantami Stadium in Gombe at 4:00 p.m.

The remaining eight games are set for Sunday, with all matches scheduled to kick off simultaneously at 4:00 p.m. The standard pre-match publication of officiating assignments offers supporters and competing teams advance transparency regarding match coordination across the league.

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