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NNL Play-Off: Shooting Stars Edge Bendel Insurance In A Thrilling Contest

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NNL Play-Off: Shooting Stars Edge Bendel Insurance In A Thrilling Contest By Omolagba Oluwayemi The beauty of the Nigeria National League was today shown at the Nigeria National League play-off currently going on in Enugu State, BSNSports.com.ng reports. In the first game of the day, Gombe United and El Kanemi Warriors shared the spoils (1-1) in a hotly contested Northern derby fixture. And in the second fixture of the match day 1, Shooting Stars had to come from behind to beat Bendel Insurance 2-1. The Oluyole Warriors found themselves behind as early as 14th minute when Daniel Johnson cooly converted a penalty awarded to them by the central referee after Shooting Stars goal keeper, Dare Dede was adjudged to have apprehended Bendel Insurance player in the 18-yard box. Also Read: We Will Be Third Time Lucky – Agoye Taofeek Malomo responded for 3SC with a beautiful strike in the 25th minute before Raheem Nafiu scored the second for the stars following a great build-up play from Gafar Olafimihan. Shooting currently leads the Group B with 3 points following the win while Gombe United and El Kanemi are joint top leaders of Group A following their 1-1 draw. As at the time of filling this report, the second group A match between Niger Tornadoes and DMD is still goalless while Remo Stars is billed to take on Ekiti United later in the day.
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Niyi Busari

Award winning journalist, Niyi Busari, the Publisher and CEO of BSN Sports Concepts is one of the most celebrated Nigerian sports journalist of his generation. A"cross-over" professional, he combines the talents and abilities of a print and electronic journalist in a manner that is rare, even though his specialization is print. A graduate of Economics from the University of Abuja where he obtained his Bachelor Degree in 2015.

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