NPFL 2026: Bendel Insurance Lands in Maiduguri For Elkanemi Warriors Clash

‎NPFL 2026: Bendel Insurance Lands in Maiduguri For Elkanemi Warriors Clash

Precious Oham ‎

Bendel Insurance Football Club of Benin have arrived in Maiduguri, Borno state capital in readiness to honour their first match of the 2025/26 Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL, against Elkanemi Warriors, BSNSports.com.ng reports. ‎ ‎

The Benin Arsenals have been paired against the Warriors in the NPFL Match Day 1 fixture, scheduled to hold on Sunday, August 24,2025. Kickoff time is 4pm at the Elkanemi Stadium in Maiduguri. ‎

‎Insurance left for Maiduguri on Thursday with a 28-man team and arrived in Maiduguri at about 12:50 pm after flying in a MaxAir Boeing 737 -300/500 for over an hour from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. ‎ ‎

The Benin Arsenals started the air journey in Lagos as they departed Murtala Mohammed Airport at about 7am aboard United Nigeria Airlines and landed in Abuja at about 8:12 am. ‎

Arriving at the Maiduguri International Airport at about 1:00 pm, the General Manager of Bendel Insurance FC Charles Ihimekpen and the Head Coach Greg Ikhenoba expressed gratitude to the Edo State Governor Senator Monday Okpebholo and the Executive Chairman of the Edo State Sports Commission Hon Amadin Desmond Enabulele for keeping their promises of making welfare for Bendel Insurance FC a top priority. ‎