Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) ta yi wasan da ya nuna karfin gaske a ranar 17 ga Oktoba, 2024, inda Kano Pillars ta doke Rangers International FC da ci 4-3 a wasan da aka taka a Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu.
Kapitan din Super Eagles, Ahmed Musa, ya taka rawar gani a wasan, inda ya zura kwallo a minti 45, bayan ya gudu ya kasa da masu tsaron Rangers. Musa ya kuma samar da fawata biyu na taimakawa wajen kwallon da Zulkifilu Rabiu ya zura a minti 37.
Veteran Rabiu Ali ya zura kwallaye biyu daga fawata a minti 15 da 28, wanda ya sa Kano Pillars ta tashi da ci 4-0 a karshen rabi na farko. Bayan hutu, Rangers ta fara komawa wasan, inda Isaac Saviour ya zura kwallaye biyu, sannan Emmanuel Silas Nenrot ya zura kwallo ta uku.
Wannan nasara ta kai Kano Pillars zuwa matsayi na shida a teburin gasar, bayan da ta samu nasara a waje.
A wasu wasannin da aka taka, Lobi Stars ta tashi da 2-2 da El-kanemi Warriors a Lafia, inda Ossy Martins ya zura kwallaye biyu don Lobi Stars, sannan Ibrahim Mustapha ya zura kwallaye biyu don El-kanemi Warriors.
Nasarawa United ta doke Abia Warriors da ci 3-0, inda Anas Yusuf ya zura kwallaye uku don Solid Miners. A Ilorin, Kwara United ta doke Sunshine Stars da ci 3-0, inda Wasiu Alade ya zura kwallaye biyu, sannan AbdulRaheem Shola ya zura kwallo ta uku.
Former champions Enyimba ta tashi da 1-1 da Niger Tornadoes, inda Joseph Godstime ya zura kwallo ta farko don Tornadoes, sannan Ufere Chinedu ya zura kwallo ta Enyimba.