rss-feed-widget domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home/nff748/web.thenff.com/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114NFF President Amaju Pinnick is confident the good old days are returning to the elite division of Nigeria football after savouring an incident-free Glo Premier League showdown between traditional rivals Shooting Stars of Ibadan and Enugu Rangers at the Lekan Salami Stadium on Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was just like the good old days, when people could go to any of the stadia with their families and enjoy a League match without any hassles. The officiating was spot-on, the players gave their all and both teams deserved the point they each got from the encounter.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just feel that the good times are returning. The efforts of the Nigeria Football Federation and the League Management Company are yielding positive dividends.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pinnick, once more, praised the NFF Referees Committee headed by Yusuf Ahmed Fresh and the Nigeria Referees Association led by Tade Azeez.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese two organs are working very hard to restore the glory of the League. They are complementing very well the efforts of the NFF and the LMC. The capacity \u2013building programmes for the referees, and the general re-orientation of officiating officials have not been in vain.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pinnick was excited after the 1-1 draw between the two powerhouse teams with mass following, and promised to watch more domestic League matches as his schedule permits. Referee Ahmed Rufai from Jigawa State was in charge.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are having proper and very good officiating these days. I congratulate the referees and the assistant referees, as well as our match commissioners and referee assessors. The NFF and the LMC will continue the thorough monitoring of the officials, and we insist that those who perform below expected standard will be visited with full sanctions.\u201d<\/p>\n
In other Week 9 matches played on Sunday, Abia Warriors lost 0-1 at home to champions Kano Pillars, while Enyimba FC won 2-1 away to Dolphins in Port Harcourt. These results took the number of away wins this season to 10, with so many credible drawn games to add to the list.<\/p>\n
On Sunday, Nasarawa United also drew 1-1 at home to Sunshine Stars, while FC Taraba secured a point in Jos after drawing 0-0 with Giwa FC.<\/p>\n
GLO PREMIER LEAGUE WEEK 9 RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n Gabros International 1 Sharks FC 0<\/p>\n Giwa FC 0 FC Taraba 0<\/p>\n Dolphins FC 1 Enyimba FC 2<\/p>\n El-Kanemi Warriors 1 Bayelsa United 0<\/p>\n Wikki Tourists 1 Lobi Stars 0<\/p>\n Heartland FC 2 Akwa United 0<\/p>\n Shooting Stars 1 Enugu Rangers 1<\/p>\n Nasarawa United 1 Sunshine Stars 1<\/p>\n Abia Warriors 0 Kano Pillars 1<\/p>\n Kwara United Vs Warri Wolves (PP)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NFF President Amaju Pinnick is confident the good old days are returning to the elite division of Nigeria football after savouring an incident-free Glo Premier League showdown between traditional rivals Shooting Stars of Ibadan and Enugu Rangers at the Lekan Salami Stadium on Sunday. \u201cIt was just like the good old days, when people could […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[116,144],"class_list":["post-2325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nigeria-professional-football-league","tag-featured","tag-ticker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.thenff.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.thenff.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.thenff.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.thenff.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.thenff.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.thenff.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.thenff.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.thenff.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.thenff.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}