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Dolphins of Port
Harcourt have shot to the top of the Nigerian Premier League after
securing a 1-0 win over visiting Enugu Rangers last weekend at Port
Harcourt’s Liberation Stadium.

The win maintained
Dolphins’ good start to the season following penultimate weekend’s 1-0
win over Plateau United in Jos where Owusu Addae, the Port Harcourt
side’s Ghanaian import grabbed the game’s only goal.

That win in Jos was
the only away win of the opening weekend of the 2010/2011 season and
signalled the intention of the former league champions to battle for
honours this season. They followed it up with a win over the Flying
Antelopes on Saturday courtesy of an 82nd minute goal by former Nigerian
U-17 international Omo Ojabu.

Ojabu, an attacking
midfielder, came on as a substitute in the encounter and rewarded his
team’s manager Stanley Eguma with the match winning goal.

“I don’t single out
players for praise because football is all about teamwork,” Eguma told
NEXT. “The boys did very well on Saturday and I look forward to a much
improved performance in our next game against Sharks.”

That game will be
against city rivals Sharks who played a 1-1 draw in Jalingo against Lobi
Stars to follow up on their opening weekend 1-1 draw against JUTH in
Port Harcourt.

Victor Barnabas shot
Lobi Stars into the lead as early as the 10th minute but they failed to
extend their lead and eventually paid the price when Gomo Onduku
levelled the scores in the 67th minute much to the delight of the
neutrals at the Jolly Nyame Stadium in Jalingo.

Lobi Stars are
playing their home games in neighbouring Taraba pending the approval of
the Aper Aku Stadium, Makurdi by the league organisers.

Gombe battle for draw in Jos

Gombe United who
were on top of the league table after the opening weekend, also came
from behind to pull off a 1-1 draw against JUTH at the Rwang Pam
Stadium.

The home side had
taken the lead two minutes into the second half through Ghanaian import
James Amankwei, for his second goal of the season after scoring in the
opening weekend draw against Sharks, only for Lazarus Chukwu to pull the
Desert Scorpions back on level terms 14 minutes later.

There was also another 1-1 draw at the Offa Township Stadium, where Kwara United took on Kaduna United.

New teenage signing
Barnabas Imenger, who arrived from the Ilorin based Kwara Football
Academy, put Kwara United ahead in the 41st minute, but less than a
quarter of an hour after the resumption of play in the second half,
Emmanuel Bivan grabbed the equalizer for the visitors.

One-all was also the
final score line at the Ilaro Stadium where Warri Wolves were 15
minutes away from recording an away win against newcomers, Crown FC
before they were rescued by Harrison Egbune’s scrambled goal.

Other results from
last weekend’s games saw defending champions Enyimba losing 2-1 in Ijebu
Ode to Sunshine Stars of Akure whose winning goal was scored by Onyi
Chiemeka. Credit must go to their goalkeeper, Henry Ayodele, for making a
series of good saves as Enyimba searched for an equaliser.

Shooting Stars
played an impressive 2-2 draw in Kano against Zamfara United while
Heartland held on to win 2-1 against visiting Niger Tornadoes in Owerri.

Ocean Boys played a 1-1 draw with Plateau United at the Samson Siasia
International Stadium, Yenegoa, while Kano Pillars defeated Bukola
Babes by a goal to record their first win of the season.