Omobolanle Osoba, who also doubles as the owner of Lagos based Nationwide League One side, B.Y.T. Academical, has decided to support the SSI Premiership with a sum of ten thousand naira(#10,000) for the player of every month till the end of the season and a fifty thousand naira cash(#50,000) for the Most Valuable Player of the season.

He continues:
“Outstanding players from the leagur will get an opportunity to attend trials at B. Y. T Academical FC also get to participate in a scouting tournament in Lagos between May to July involving the head of scouting of a second division team in Denmark and the chief scout of a top Swedish club.”

A very excited Secretary of the SSI Premiership, Nathaniel Mobolale, commends the huge and encouraging step taken by Mr. Osoba.
“With the pool of young talents in this league, i can assure him that he will never regret partnering with the SSI Premiership.”

Mees Palace Football Academy will be looking to retain their titles in
the upcoming Tsemba Wummen U14 and U16 youth league in Plateau State
this weekend, having unveiled their squads for the 2021 season.

The unveiling was done with panache as team photos (group and
individual) were released to the public via the academy’s social media
accounts.

Affectionately known as the ‘Blue Panthers’, Mees Palace Football
Academy has taken a giant stride towards retaining the title they won
in 2019 by unveiling a crack team to feature in the U14 and U16
categories of the 2021 season of the Tsemba Wummen Youth League.

The league, which started in two years ago, is played on a home and
away format by 20 youth teams across Plateau State for the biggest
youth football diadem in Nigeria.

CEO of Mees Palace Football Academy Emmanuel Adukwu who is also the
sponsor of the league reiterated his desire to promote youth football
to the next level in Nigeria while hoping his team retains the title.

“We are into the second edition of this league which was formed to
give budding young talents in Plateau State the platform to showcase
their abilities while also honoring the life of my late friend Tsemba
Wummen who was a visionary when it comes to youth development,” Adukwu
stated.

“The young lads at Mees Palace are being tutored in various facets of
life apart from football. We want them to grow and be model citizens
that can contribute a lot to Plateau and Nigeria.

“This league will keep the youth busy and also help to promote their
talents so the world can see what we have here in Plateau State.

Technical Adviser of the team Tony Ogharanduku also believes his team
will be ready when the league starts next weekend.

The former Mighty Jets and FC Taraba coach has been one of the brains
behind the football revolution at Mees Palace is optimistic his side
will lift the league title once again.
“We have been working hard behind the scenes to get the boys ready for
the commencement of the league,” he revealed.

“It is always tough for us every season but the boys have been working
hard to see that they do their best to retain the title. The U14s and
U16s are ready for the challenges ahead and hopefully, with hard work
and determination, we shall succeed. Ogharanduku added.

We finished the U13 league with a total of 92 points last time out to
win the title, with our talismanic attacker Ahmed Musa notching up 33
goals to claim the top scorer’s gong.

 After dominating the Jos Chillin’ competition in December of 2020,
our boys will be hoping to make back-to-back wins in one of the
leading Youth competitions in Northern Nigeria.

The Tsemba Wummen league is a 20-team league that is in two categories
– the U14 and U16 category and it will be contested by two teams in a
home and away format.

The match, which was organized to celebrate the birthday of the owner of Mees Palace FA, Emmanuel Adukwu and to prepare for the forthcoming Tsemba Wummen marathon league, saw the host, Mees Palace FA beat Jazzy Stars FA 5-4.

The Coach Tony Ogaranduku tutored side went ahead in the 14th minute through their star attacker, Ahmed Musa. The Panthers got their remaining goals via the boots of John David and Kelvin Adeyemo,who both got a brace each.
Jazzy Stars FA,who came from two goals down to draw 4-4 before succumbing to a last minute winner from their host,got their goals from Ajang Udakudi, Jehoshaphat David and a brace from Shedrack Patrick.
The Galaxies,as Jazzy Stars are fondly called, will host Mees Palace in a yet to be fixed date as both prepare for the forthcoming Tsemba Wummen League.

In the first semi finals slated for today in this maiden edition, Jazzy Stars Football Academy will confront Victory Football Club by 3:30pm, while the second semi final will see Corinthians fc against FC Izam.
According to the chief organizer, Endurance Victory Emmanuel, “The semi finals will be in a league format to give Coach Ilechukwu that believes in young players, opportunity of seeing these players in more than two games in order to access them very well and the successful ones will fulfil their dreams of playing professional football at the highest level in Nigeria.”

Here are the results of group matches played before the coronavirus halted everything:
In Group A: El kanemi 3 Highland Stars 0,
Jazzy Stars FA 2 FC Izam 1, Highland Stars 0 FC Izam 3(W/O), Jazzy Stars 3 Highland Stars 0(W/O), FC Izam 3 Elkanemi Junior 0, Jazzy Stars 2 Elkanemi 1.
Group A Standing:
Jazzy Stars 3 9pts
FC Izam 3 6pts
Elkanemi 3 3pts
Highland 3 0pt.
In group B:
Corinthians fc 4 Ajester fc 3, Ajester 2 Victory Academy 5, Corinthians 2 Victory 1, Future Stars 0 Corinthians 4, Ajester 2 Future Stars 0, Victory 3 Future Stars 1.
Group B Standing:
Corinthians fc 3 9pts
Victory fc 3 6pts
Ajester fc 3 3pts
Future Stars 3 0pt.

Hence, Jazzy Stars FA and FC Izam qualify from group A, while Corinthians fc and Victory fc qualify from group B to a semi final that will be played in a league format.