Reliable Assistants Referees Among Match Officials Appointed for NPFL Week 29 Games 

 

By Uchechi Iwuji

 

Names on the list of match officials appointed by the NFF Referees Committee for the NPFL Week 29 matches have reputable Assistant Referees drawn from the state councils.

 

In the Laws of the Game, Law 6 captures the functions of Assistant Referees in a match and those on duty this weekend have the capacity to deliver on the mandate expected of them.

 

In the Akwa vs Shooting Stars encounter in Uyo, two reliable hands who have kept a clean record since joining the elite league some years ago, Smart Udeh and Friday Abu Emeje of Ebonyi State and Kogi State councils have the opportunities to showcase rare flagging techniques while on duty.

 

Some of the most dependable linesmen in the Nigeria domestic scene; Peter Bwamba of FCT and Ismaila Rasheed of Kwara found on the list of match officials are expected to give the referee for the Ikorodu vs Enyimba good backup for the exciting pairing in Lagos.

 

When General Fawole of the Nigeria Army goes to Yenagoa for the Bayelsa vs Lobi Stars, he will have no cause to worry with high flying Balogun Anuoluwapo of Lagos and Imo State’s Kingsley Madu giving him necessary assistance from the boundary lines of the field of play.

 

A fifa assistant referee, Faith Aisosa and her compatriot from Edo State, Victor Akokoba, known for good pacing and correct decisions on the lines are involved in the Sunshine vs Plataue game at the Remo Stars Stadium, Ikenne.

 

In Maiduguri, a promising youthful assistant referee, Mohammed Ibrahim and Zamfara council member, Anas Ibrahim are on ground to give the desired cooperation to referee Bala Aliyu Kyari of Sokoto as Assistant Referees 1 and 2 for the El Kanemi vs Rivers United match the Chairman of the Plateau State Referees’ Council, Baba Joshua Gottom is the Assessor

 

Courtesy of Nigeria Whistlers, see the appointment

 

THE 2024/2025 NIGERIA PREMIER FOOTBALL LEAGUE (NPFL) SEASON

APPOINTED MATCH OFFICIALS FOR MATCHDAY TWENTY- NINE {29} GAMES

 

 

281

Rangers Int’l Vs Kwara United

15/03/25

ENUGU

Inno Odemene DT Assessor

Mohammd Tuta AD Referee

Sunday Uboho E. AK Assistant Referee 1

Mohammed Umar KD Assistant Referee 2

Isong Ubot AK

Fourth Official

 

282

Kano Pillars Vs Nasarawa Utd

16/03/25

KANO

3:00PM

Startimes

Andrew Donald BA

Mudashir Adamu GM

Mohd Zachi YB

Abdulmajeed Sani Potiskum YB

Mamuri Habu TR

 

283

Sunshine Stars

Vs Plateau United

17/03/25

IKENNE

4:00PM

Startimes

Richardson Asakpi DT

Nasiru Suleiman SK

Akokoba Victor ED

Agbons Faith ED

Tajudeen Bako KW

 

284

Abia Warriors Vs Bendel In.

16/03/25

UMUAHIA

Fidelis Fabidun OD

Alfa Sadiq FCT

Michael Mbah KD

Akinsanya Segun OY

Muntaka Abu NS

 

285

Remo Stars Vs Heartland

16/03/25

IKENNE

5:30PM

Startimes

Igwe Roland ED

Hannah Eliagwu FCT

Jimmy Aimuogb ED

Adamu Bako FCT

Otuwho Morrison DT

 

286

Bayelsa United Vs Lobi Stars

16/03/25

YENAGOA

Felix Aigbe KW

Fawole Adewale KD

Balogun Anu LG

Kingsley Madu IM

Ezeogu Okey EN

 

287

Ikorodu United Vs Enyimba Int’l

16/03/25

LAGOS

5:30PM

Emmanuel Imiere ED

Mohd Zakari NG

Peter Bwamba FCT

Ismaila Rasheed KW

Suleiman Ibrahi KW

 

288

El-Kanemi W. Vs Rivers United

16/03/25

Maiduguri

3:00PM

Gottom J.Baba PL

Bala Aliyu Kyari SK

Mohd Ibrahim ZM

Anas Ibrahim ZM

Zubairu Abubaka KT

 

289

Niger Tornadoes

Vs

Katsina United

14/03/25

LAFIA

4:00PM

Startimes

Rv. Fr. Onumajuru IM

Olabode Idris OY

Usman Aliyu BA

Shehu Isah AD

Abba Dada YB

 

290

Akwa United Vs Shooting Stars

16/03/25

UYO

Rv. Fr. Jude Ani EN

Aka Igwebike AN

Smart Udeh EB

Friday Abu E. KG

Stephen Wanduke AN