Gabriel Nwanetanya of Tide/ Independent Monitor gets MVP award
On Friday in the opening day, The Tide beat Wave FM 1-0 while Radio Nigeria, Treasure FM were 2-0 winners over Cool/ Wazobia/ Nigeria Info FM.
Last season’s beaten finalists, Garden City FM will come up against the youthful Undergraduates from the Rivers State University in Monday’s second game.
Chinaacheru.com can exclusively report that Garden City Radio have secured funds to prosecute their games this season.
This, they hope will give them the needed boost to claim the trophy this time after narrowly missing out due to on-pitch wrangling among them last time.
One of their most dependable assets, Damiete Sanipe Tonte has successfully signed a kit deal with La Liga.
“The Voice” as he’s fondly called expressed his delight upon the receipt of Mutiu Adepoju’s personal soccer boots on Wednesday and hopes to do more exploits than the headmaster himself.
Meanwhile, they have agreed terms in principle with one of Team SWAN’s dependable stars, Ibisaki Temple Igani as they hope to go one position higher this year.
For, the Rivers State University Radio team, captain of this youthful side, Owo Ernesto has once again thanked the organizers for allowing them access to the competition despite not being “professionals” yet.
Ernesto also used the medium to remind their rivals they are not in the competition to admire their journalism mentors but to beat and wallop any team that comes their way.
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