Ex-Eaglet, Udoh, Makes Heartland Debut Sunday

Former Golden Eaglets’ centre-back, Kingsley Udoh, is set to make his long-awaited for his new club, Heartland Football Club, in Sunday’s Premier League game against Ocean Boys.

Assistant coach of Heartland FC, Ben Iroha, confirmed this to Naijaligue.blogspot.com that Udoh is one of the players considered for a place in the team that would face Ocean Boys in Owerri on Sunday afternoon.

“Yes he has been cleared and hopefully he is one of the players that the coach will use against Ocean Boys on Sunday,” Iroha told Naijaligue.blogspot.com.

Udoh, who has been cleared by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), was ecstatic about making his first appearance for the Naze Millionaires in the top-flight of the Nigerian league.

He told Naijaligue.blogspot.com: “My expectation is too help my colleagues to defeat them (Ocean Boys) with the experience I have.”

However, the club’s head coach, Kelechi Emeteole, could start the 19-year-old defender on the right-back considering the form of Emmanuel Olowo and ThankGod Ikechukwu in the central defence.

Already, Udoh has earned himself the nickname of Cafu at the club after spending two weeks of training before he was cleared to feature for the club on Sunday.

Premier League To Go On Two-week Break

The Nigeria Premier League (NPL) has decided to send the top-flight division of the country’s league into a two-week, Naijaligue.blogspot.com understands.

Rising from its extra ordinary congress on Friday in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, the Premier League board decided to use the two-week break to clear all outstanding fixtures and wrap up the first transfer window.

“The league shall take a break from December 26, 2009 to January 8, 2010 to offset outstanding matches and to rap-up the 1st transfer window,” a communiqué from the NPL read.

NFF Cancels Jos Derby Over Jets’ Debt

The much-anticipated Jos derby in the Nigeria National League (NNL) also known as the Division I League between Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) Football Club and Mighty Jets has been put on hold.

Mighty Jets is one of the eight clubs in the lower division that is yet to settle its registration fees and the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) through the NNL had to clamp down on the club for failing to pay its dues.

This development, Naijaligue.blogspot.com understands, is that the Jos derby scheduled for Sunday would no longer hold.

The NFF has since suspended Mighty Jets from the Division I League until it offsets its debt.

JUTH FC spokesman, Olusola Alao, confirmed to Naijaligue.blogspot.com: “We just received a message from the league board at the NFF that our match with Mighty Jets has been postponed till further notice because Jets has some financial issues to clear with the league board.”