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Head Coach of the U20 Boys’ National Team, Paul Aigbogun has called to camp 28 players as the seven –time African champions begin preparations for the qualifying series for 2019 Africa U20 Cup of Nations. Enyimba FC’s Ikouwem Udoh, who won the Young Player of the Year award at this week’s AITEO-NFF Football Awards, has been called alongside Super Eagles B team –mates Peter Eneji and Nur Muhammed, as well as Nasarawa United’s Douglas Achiv, Akwa United’s Adesina Gata and Kano Pillars’ fleet –footed midfielder Alhassan Ibrahim. Kano Pillars’ Nazifi Yahaya and MFM FC’s goalkeeper Ospino Egbe are also invited.

Akwa lead the pile as we go into Match Day Nine of the 2018 Nigeria Professional Football League. Here are this weekend's games and League table.  Akwa United, MFM and Plateau United won't play this weekend because on continental engagements. Teams who are to play them will rest this weekend. 

All change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end. Alhamdulillah today marks the 10-year anniversary of the creation of FC Yarmalight. It started with a dream, and I0 years later, the dream has culminated into a gargantuan reality. The primary aim of initiating the original Yarmalight Football Academy was to polish young football talents with the view of offering them a future as professional football players. Alhamdulillah, our sacrifice is paying dividends. We have succeeded in bringing up a cream of youth from scratch to full professionals, the team began from a non-league and have gone as far as the second stanza of Nigerian league(NNL). We have produced players up to international level with one of our players representing Nigeria in the victorious 2013 FIFA World Cup, a victory that earned him the National Honours of MON. We at FC Yarmalight will always be proud of that.