The final whistle for the 2025/26 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) season come with heavy drama text, the kind film writer no fit even try rewrite.
The matter come get extra flavor because of the serious drag between Godwin Obaje and Victor Mbaoma, na weytin hitvibz dey yan be dat.
As the league dey end, the eye-catching tin na how two players draw for the Golden Boot table.
This regular logic show exactly how the Nigerian league dey sweet, dey pain, and how nobody fit predict how match go end.
Glory vs Guts: How One Golden Boot Divide NPFL into Two
Godwin Obaje and Victor Mbaoma finish the league with 14 goals each, but their individual runs carry totally different results for their clubs.
For Enugu Rangers talisman, Godwin Obaje, his 14 goals na the engine room wey carry the Flying Antelopes straight to their historic 9th NPFL league title.
Obaje carry the heavy pressure of the championship like the senior man wey he be. He wire one goal enter net against Bendel Insurance to secure 2-1 win before their last matchday against Ikorodu City for Lagos.
His goals throughout the season na proper textbook format for team wey wan win league, as he spread them well to lock key wins.
Obaje format na to dey discipline big teams and those wey dey eye the trophy. Inside his massive 2025/26 run, some of the key teams wey chop his goals na:
- Bendel Insurance: (One heavy late-season brace inside 2-1 win)
- Bayelsa United: (The winning goal inside 2-0 win)
- El-Kanemi Warriors: (The main-main winning goal inside 2-0 win for March)
- Nasarawa United: (The first goal inside 2-0 home win)
- Wikki Tourists: (One clean finish inside mid-February 2-0 win)
- Warri Wolves: (His brace inside 4-2 home win)
The brace wey Obaje score against Insurance make his total NPFL career goals reach 99.
He dey hope say he go hit the big 100 milestone with goal for the last match of the season, but the 100th goal no gree enter. Even with that one, he still carry his second league title.
🎖️ 2016 Golden Boot winner
🏆 2024 NPFL Champion
🏆 2026 NPFL Champion
🎖️ Joint Top scorer — NPFL26
⚽️ 99 NPFL career goals
Real Naija league legend!
The One-Man Army: Victor Mbaoma Run Wey End for Tears
On the other side of the football world, heart break finish Remo Stars striker, Victor Mbaoma.
Just one season after them lift the NPFL trophy as defending champions, the Sky Blue Stars just collapse anyhow, reach say them relegate go the Nigeria National League (NNL).
The tin wey shock people pass na say Mbaoma play the football of his life. He be like one-man army wey dey try use bare hand pull house wey dey burn inside ditch.
Even though he miss many matches for the early stage of the league because of one bad rib injury, Mbaoma return come dey fire goals per match anyhow.
He carry the whole load of the club for head, as he dey score inside almost all the critical matches for the final weeks of the season.
His desperate, high-class form make am tear the defense of many big clubs, as he score for four consecutive matches, including against:
- Bendel Insurance: (One sharp first-half opening goal on the final day for Benin)
- Bayelsa United: (The main winning goal inside intense 2-1 win for Matchday 37)
- Enyimba: (One spectacular consolation goal against his old club for Matchday 36)
- Niger Tornadoes: (One beta goal inside 3-0 home demolition for Matchday 35)
- El-Kanemi Warriors: (One important away equalizer to collect 1-1 draw)
- Kwara United: (One heavy finish inside 3-1 home win)
Nasarawa United and Shooting Stars: (Early and mid-season collections from his clean finishing)
But as life be, even Mbaoma final-day goal against Bendel Insurance no reach, as the opponents reply with extra-time equaliser.
This one condemn Remo Stars to relegation go second division because of goal difference.
People go always remember the 2025/26 season for this particular setup—the year wey NPFL Golden Boot carry one man enter status of king, but leave another man inside the kpeme of relegation.
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Last Updated on May 29, 2026 8:31 am by Hitvibz Media
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