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FCT Football Attention Shifts To Gwagwalada As Alaba Yahaya Cup, Odogwu U17 , Gwagwalada League Finals Hold Weekend

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3 years ago

September 19, 2022

All football attention in FCT will be shifted to Gwagwalada this weekend as the finals of three important competitions will be played in the Area Council.

The finals of the 7th edition of the Coach Yahaya Alaba FCT Coaches Cup final will be played on Saturday 24 September, 2022 UBE Primary school Kutunku Gwagwalada. The match will be between Gwagwalada Football Coaches Council and Bwari Football Coaches Council. The match will be hold by 2pm. It will be preceded by a third place final between FCT Coaches Council and Abaji Football Coaches Council.

To qualified for the finals, Gwagwalada eliminated the FCT council, while Abaji were eliminated by Bwari coaches.

Meanwhile, at 12 noon at same venue, the finals of the 3rd edition of the Odogwu U17 Football Tournament would be played. The match which be between Kapital Waves FC and Medical Strikers Academy. Kapital Waves defeated Inspirational Sports Academy by a lone goal while Medical Strikers Whitewashed Golden Boys Academy by three goals to nil. The third place match between Inspirational Academy and Golden Boys will be played on Friday 23 September.

In a related development, the finals of the Gwagwalada Football League will be played on Sunday 25 September at the same venue. The final match will be between Catholic Cadet FC and Golden Boys FC.

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Why We Suspended Cynosure FC For Six months – NLO

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4 hours ago

May 22, 2025

The Gleamer

The Nationwide League One has condemned the wrong narrative being pushed to the media following the match fixing scandal involving Liberty Lion FC and E’-World FC saying the management is working in accordance with the statute of the league.

It could be recalled that the management of NLO placed a heavy fine on Cynosure FC and upheld the result of the match between Liberty Lions fc vs E- World United FC after the league board concluded that Cynosure fc deliberately committed an act to bringing the game of football in
Nigeria into disrepute by falsely accusing Liberty Lions FC of match fixing without concrete evidence.

The Chairman of Cynosure FC was also suspended indefinitely for a period of 6 months from all
NLO-related events for raising false allegations without substantial evidence
and the Club Cynosure FC was fined N500,000 for an attempt that could destroy
the image of the country’s Football.

In a statement released, the league management of NLO said:, “NLO Disciplinary Committee has thoroughly reviewed the evidence presented. Unfortunately, Cynosure FC was unable to provide sufficient and convincing
evidence to refute the claims surrounding the integrity of the match.

“The referee’s report clearly stated that Liberty Lions FC who started the match with 7 players while the other remaining players joined the match mid way in the first half said
they could not get in touch with all their players in due time to communicate the new change in time for the match hence starting the match with 7 players before the others join mid first half.

“The referee’s decision to start the match with 7 players of Liberty Lions FC is in accordance
with FIFA Rule Law 3. As such there is no reason to say or presume otherwise by Cynosure FC alleging match fixing without evidence.

Evidence also have it that Cynosure FC tried to buy the match but could not succeed after several attempt to lure the chairman of Liberty Lions FC to compromise the match.

The Management of NLO has also warned that they will continue to do all within their power to promote the image of Nigerian football by providing a clean and clear platform the system to excel.

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