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- ↑ "Obaje grabs NPFL top scorer's prize as season ends". dailypost.ng.
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- ↑ "GODWIN OBAJE: I'm adapting to life in Tunisia". thenationonline.ng (Archived). Archived from the original on 2021-12-13.
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