By Ebube Dike

Players of the Nigeria Professional Football League, NPFL have been directed to wear a black armband in their matchday 8 fixtures across all the ten match venues.

The directive by the League Management Company, LMC was to honour late General Manager of Shooting Stars, Mr Rasheed Balogun who died on Thursday.

In addition to wearing armband, the LMC also instructed that a minute silence will be observed in the course of the matches at the dot of 70th minute in all match venues.

Late Rasheed Balogun aged 62 years, passed on to the great beyond on Thursday night after a brief illness.