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Abia Warriors have welcome back the duo of Innocent Godwin and Israel Joseph for the Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL, matchday 25 clash against Rangers.

Godwin and Joseph were sidelined with injury.

The duo’s return is a massive boost for the Umuahia-based side, who are aiming to get back to winning ways.

Abia Warriors will square up with Rangers at the Umuahia Township Stadium.

Meanwhile the quartet of Augustine Njoku, Yakub Hammed, Wilson Elu and Ayodele Ezekiel have been ruled out of the game with injuries.

DAILY POST recalls that Abia Warriors edged out Rangers 1-0 in the same fixture last season.

NPFL: Abia Warriors get boost for derby with Rangers

Eight countries have been eliminated from the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, tournament in Morocco ahead of the Round of 16 stage.

They are: Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Botswana, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Angola, Zambia and Comoros.

This comes after the conclusion of the AFCON final Group stage fixtures played on Wednesday night.

Recall that Angola failed to progress to the Round of 16 after the likes of Tanzania, Sudan, Mozambique and the Benin Republic qualified as the four best third-place teams ahead of them.

Meanwhile, the fixtures of the Round of 16 stage have already been confirmed.

The last-16 will take place this weekend as Senegal will face Sudan on Saturday evening, while Mali and Tunisia will clash on Saturday night.

AFCON host nation Morocco will tackle Tanzania on Sunday, and South Africa will face Cameroon, while Nigeria will clash with Mozambique on Monday.

AFCON: All 8 countries eliminated ahead of Round of 16 fixtures

Smart City FC head coach, Olayiwola Dabiri, has vowed that his team will bounce back from their recent run of poor results.

The Lagos-based side have suffered defeats in their last two fixtures against Edel FC and Crown FC, respectively.

Smart City FC sit in seventh position on the Nigeria National League (NNL) Conference table with seven points.

Dabiri urged his players to put the setbacks behind them and focus on their target for the season.

“Tough losses, but we are not broken, heads up team,” Dabiri told the club’s media.

“We will bounce back as a team.”
Smart City will be in action in the NNL this season.

NNL: Smart City will bounce back from poor run — Dabiri