{
  "id": 7421429,
  "title": "NFF suspends referee over Doma United goal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/nff-suspends-referee-over-doma-united-goal",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-14T23:30:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
    "slug": "punch",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/nff-suspends-referee-over-doma-united-goal/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Nigeria Football Federation has suspended assistant referee Aliyu Yakubu Bana indefinitely. According to the Daily Post Nigeria, Bana made a controversial offside decision in a match between Doma United and Enyimba.\n\nBana was serving as assistant referee 1 in Doma United's 2-0 victory over Enyimba. The Nigeria Football Federation stated that he failed to properly apply offside guidelines and did not follow the \"wait-and-see protocol\".\n\nAs a result of the suspension, Bana has been delisted from the league roster of referees and assistant referees for the 2026/2027 Nigeria Premier Football League season, Punch reports.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "NPFL: NFF suspends assistant referee Bana over error in Doma United vs Enyimba",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/npfl-nff-suspends-assistant-referee-bana-over-error-in-doma-united-vs",
        "published": "2026-09-14T14:43:49.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "NFF suspends referee over Doma United goal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/nff-suspends-referee-over-doma-united-goal",
        "published": "2026-09-15T00:02:04.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}