NLO: Cynosure FC banned, fined for fielding professional players

Cynosure FC person been suspended by Nationwide League One, NLO, for the remainder of the 2026 season.

The nine were besides fined ₦500,000 for fielding nonrecreational players and submitting mendacious registration information.

The NLO Disciplinary Committee recovered the nine blameworthy of violating subordinate eligibility and amateur presumption rules.

The duo are Nigeria National League players, Orngudwem Raphael of Solution FC and Ogbodo Valentine Chizoba of Osun Utd FC successful respective matches this season. 

Chizoba had been declared absent without permission by Osun United.

Investigators said Cynosure submitted mendacious declarations and misleading documents to registry the players arsenic amateurs. 

The nine besides failed to observe the mandatory 30-day hiatus required earlier a nonrecreational tin play successful an amateur league nether FIFA rules.

Cynosure president Nwaeze Chidiebere Prince admitted the accusation was genuine but claimed ignorance of the violations. The committee rejected the defence, saying the actions were deliberate and risked undermining the amateur league.<...