Mafeng Pam

Central Midfielder - Plateau United
2 Feb 2027
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Mafeng Pam

27 Edition

The Plateau United Sentinel

1 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Victor Dawa in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Plateau United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

A bad afternoon for Plateau United against Rangers International

2‑3 to Rangers International, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

Chinemerem Ugwueze gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Vincent Temitope

Marked 8.40 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Gimba Ajiji

Marked 8.30 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Mafeng Pam

Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market

Kwara United are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Plateau United will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

Squad

Costly mistake from John Amah

An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. John Amah knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.

Squad

Vincent Temitope finally opens his account

He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Plateau United have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.

In brief

Back issues
25 Edition

The Plateau United Sentinel

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Jonathan Okechukwu

Defensive actions: 27. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Squad

Victor Dawa in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Plateau United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Mafeng Pam runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Albert Hilary

Marked 9.02 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Match

Plateau United find a way past Kano Pillars

Kano Pillars made Plateau United work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Market

Wikki Tourists join the queue for Daniel Aboh

Add another name to the list: Wikki Tourists have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Daniel Aboh. The answer from Plateau United has not changed — yet.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Wisdom Ndon

Defensive actions: 18. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Market

Rivers United expected to open talks for Pedel Madaki

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Plateau United will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Market

Andrew Majalisa is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Plateau United has been clear about where Andrew Majalisa stands, which is more than many ever get.

In brief

7 Edition

The Plateau United Sentinel

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

No end in sight to Plateau United's wait for a win

7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Plateau United has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

Victor Dawa in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Plateau United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Kun Khalifat take the points off Plateau United

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Mafeng Pam

Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Tarabina Biweribo gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Loan watch

Domnan Panse has seen enough of Canon Yaounde

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Plateau United, and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad

Gideon Monday knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Plateau United, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Player ratings

The one thing Gideon Monday could not do

Shots: 5, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.

Player ratings

Gafar Saka keeps on missing

Shots: 8, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.

In brief

6 Edition

The Plateau United Sentinel

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

6 matches without a win for Plateau United

The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Plateau United are no longer polite ones.

Market

Dapal Monday puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Plateau United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Match

Whatever happens, Plateau United do not lose

8 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.

Squad

Tempers go at Plateau United

Victor Dawa was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Boardroom

157% of the income goes out in wages at Plateau United

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Vincent Temitope

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Alao Dabani

Marked 8.54 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Mafeng Pam

Marked 8.42 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Player ratings

Gafar Saka in the eights

A performance of 8.02 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

In brief

2 Edition

The Plateau United Sentinel

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings

Mafeng Pam runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Victor Dawa in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Plateau United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Gafar Saka in the eights

A performance of 8.84 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Match

Gafar Saka sends Plateau United past Niger Tornadoes

It finished 2‑0, and it was Gafar Saka’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Plateau United.

Squad

Vincent Temitope gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Player ratings

One of those days for Gideon Monday

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.42, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Chinemerem Ugwueze

Defensive actions: 19. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Market

48 months and counting on Gideon Monday

Still no offer on the table, and Gideon Monday’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.

Market

Still no ink between Plateau United and Alao Dabani

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Plateau United, another week without a signature from Alao Dabani.

In brief