The Solid Miners recovered from their last double tragedy to reclaim the first position on the table of the 2025/26 Nigeria Premier Football League campaign after coming from a goal down to beat the league’s defending champions, Remo Stars 2-1, in a rescheduled match-day ten tie, decided at the Lafia City Stadium on Thursday afternoon.
The visitors, wounded and evicted from the CAF Champions League competition, opened scoring in the 5th minute through Michael Ibeh, following a defensive error.
The home side responded with a classy equalizer through John Joshua after a beautiful build-up in the 31st minute.
Both sides went back to the locker room with the scoreline tied at 1-1.
After effecting some tactical changes, Nasarawa United went ahead via player-of-the-match, Jofrank Istifanus, who tapped the ball into the net following a goal area scramble in the 72nd minute, situation that threw the Lafia City Stadium into raptures.
The Solid Miners, motivated by the presence of the Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State, Dr. Emmanuel Agbadu Akabe, alongside the Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Hon. Kwanta Yakubu, State Legislator and Chief Whip, Hon. Larry Ven Bawa, and other high-profile personalities of the Nasarawa State Government, jealousy defended the 2-1 scoreline till regulation time, earning the maximum points and returning to the summit of the league table, with twenty-two points from eleven games, one more point ahead of second-placed Abia Warriors.
Nasarawa United will host visiting Kwara United on match-day twelve fixture on Sunday, 9th November, 2025, at the Lafia City Stadium at 4pm.
