Enugu Rangers sun yi tarihi a ƙwallon ƙafa na Najeriya a ranar 24 ga Mayu, inda suka lashe gasar Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) a karo na tara — da ya daidaita rikodin da Enyimba ke riƙewa — nasarar da ta amshe tsohon labari a duk faɗin nahiyar Afirka.
Flying Antelopes sun tabbatar da taken a ranar ƙarshe ta kakar 2025/26 da nasara mai wahala ta 2-1 a filin wasa na Ikorodu City. Kyaftin Chidiebere Nwobodo shi ne jarumin dare, da ya ci ƙwallaye biyu da suka ba ƙungiyarsa maki da suka bukata. Rangers sun kammala tseren wasanni 38 da maki 68, suna gaban masu zuwa na biyu Rivers United da maki ɗaya kawai.
Nasarar da aka samu ƙarƙashin jagorancin koci Fidelis Ilechukwu ita ce taken ligan ƙungiyar na biyu a cikin shekaru uku, kuma ta daidaita rikodin da Enyimba ke riƙewa na kofuna tara a NPFL. Hakan kuma ya ba Rangers wuri a CAF Champions League ta 2026/27, tare da Rivers United wadanda suka cancanta a matsayin na biyu.
Akwai ɓacin rai ɗaya: Rivers United sun fitar da Enugu Rangers a zagaye na 32 na Federation Cup, suna lalata fatan samun nasara biyu. Duk da haka, wannan bacewar bai rage ɗaukakar nasarar ligan ba.
Enugu ta fashe da murna
Nasarar Rangers ta kunna farin ciki mai ƙarfi a duk faɗin Jihar Enugu. Dubun dubatar masu sha'awa sun mamaye tituna don tafiyar kofin nasara, suna wucewa ta hanyoyin birni kafin su taru a Okpara Square. Bayan haka ƙungiyar ta ziyarci Fadar Gwamnatin Jihar Enugu, inda aka yi musu maraba da ta watsa har waje da iyakokin jihar da kuma Najeriya.
Taken da ƙungiyar ta samu a baya sun zo a shekarun 1974, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1984, 2016, da 2023/24 — jerin da ke sanya wannan ƙungiya ta yanzu a matsayin mafi girma. Taken guda biyu a cikin shekaru uku suna nuna cewa ƙungiyar Ilechukwu na iya shirin fara mulkin cikin gida mai ɗorewa.
Gwamna Mbah ya ba da kyautar zakarun
Gwamna Peter Mbah ya karɓi 'yan wasa da ma'aikata a cin abincin dare na musamman a Fadar Gwamnati don girmama wannan nasara. Ya sanar da cewa kowane ɗan wasa zai samu filin ƙasa a Enugu tare da rabonsa na ₦100 miliyan a kuɗi. Ma'aikatan fasaha da gudanarwa an ba su ₦50 miliyan ƙari, tare da jimlar kuɗin ladan ya kai ₦150 miliyan. An kuma ba da filaye na ƙasa ga Manajan Janar Amobi Ezeaku, koci Fidelis Ilechukwu, sakataren kulob da mataimakin koci.
Mbah ya bayyana taken a matsayin alama ta bege da kyau, yayin da yake gaya wa ƙungiyar Rangers su «shirya, ci gaba da faɗa, ci gaba da nasara kuma ku tabbata kun kawo kofin nahiya gida.» Ya kuma yi alkawarin ci gaba da zuba jari na gwamnati a kayan aiki na wasanni, gami da gyaran Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium don wasannin CAF Champions League na kakar gaba.
NPFL a zamanin dijital
Ban da bikin nasara, kakar 2025/26 ta nuna haɓakar shahararren NPFL. Aikace-aikacen NPFL Live (wanda ake samu a iOS da Android) yana ba da watsar rediyo kai tsaye na wasannin da aka zaɓa, sabuntawa na ainihi, ƙididdiga cikakku, bayanan 'yan wasa, da tattaunawa tsakanin magoya baya. Gidan yanar gizon hukuma npfl.com.ng yana da jadawalin wasanni, sakamako, labarai, da bidiyon taƙaitawa, yayin da shahararrun dandali na duniya kamar Flashscore ke ba da sakamako na ainihi da faɗakarwar ƙwallaye. Tasoshin YouTube kuma suna loda taƙaitaccen abubuwa, suna ba masoya daga ko'ina damar bibiyar wasannin.
