Nasarawa United misplaced the league opener on a go to to Niger Tornadoes and locked on with a CAF consultant facet Abia Warriors.
Ugochukwu Leonard scored Nasarawa United’s first aim and in the end gave the Strong Miners their first win of the 2025/26 Nigeria Premier Soccer League marketing campaign following his tenth minute jaw-dropping strike simply an inch outdoors the field in opposition to CAF Confederation Cup-bound Abia Warriors on match-day two on the Lafia Metropolis Stadium on Sunday night.
Adah Umar had discovered the freestanding attacking sensation with the ball within the opponents’ hazard zone, and he wasted no time to strike a missile that beat Sharp Uzoigwe in aim for the Umuahia-based facet.
With collection of makes an attempt on aim by both sides, it was the Strong Miners who proved superior, scooping all three factors, as they made a swift restoration from final Wednesday’s defeat to Niger Tornadoes on the street.
Sunday’s consequence locations United on ninth place with three factors, with Abia Warriors on tenth place with similar variety of factors.
The Strong Miners will subsequent be on the street to Aba, Abia State, to face Sixth-placed Enyimba FC, on Sunday, seventh September, 2025.
