Daddy Abdulrahman

Central Midfielder - El-Kanemi Warriors
10 Apr 2027
Saturday
Process
34 Edition

The El-Kanemi Warriors Courier

22 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

El-Kanemi Warriors are in real trouble now

Position 18, 11 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

Match

No end in sight to El-Kanemi Warriors's wait for a win

5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at El-Kanemi Warriors has to find a result from somewhere.

Market

Sule John is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at El-Kanemi Warriors is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Musa Wakili

“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.

Squad

Emmanuel Nwabufo lets one through his hands

A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.

Match

El-Kanemi Warriors and Abia Warriors take a point apiece

It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

In brief

Back issues
30 Edition

The El-Kanemi Warriors Courier

22 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Sule John is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at El-Kanemi Warriors is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Musa Wakili

“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.

Match

El-Kanemi Warriors share the spoils with Enyimba

A 1-1 draw with Enyimba leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

In brief

29 Edition

The El-Kanemi Warriors Courier

15 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

El-Kanemi Warriors run riot against Warri Wolves

3-0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.

Squad

Godspower Akekoromowei says El-Kanemi Warriors went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Emmanuel Nwabufo keeps El-Kanemi Warriors in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Market

Yusuff Adewale hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what El-Kanemi Warriors can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Bashar Musa has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around El-Kanemi Warriors they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Jude Mamman

“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.

In brief

26 Edition

The El-Kanemi Warriors Courier

25 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Sule John is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at El-Kanemi Warriors is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Musa Wakili

“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.

Match

El-Kanemi Warriors share the spoils with Kano Pillars

A 3-3 draw with Kano Pillars leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

In brief

20 Edition

The El-Kanemi Warriors Courier

14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

David Habila says El-Kanemi Warriors went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market

Sule John is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at El-Kanemi Warriors is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

At 21, Ismail Mukhtar is already the best thing here

An average of 7.00 in a first team he is several years too young for. El-Kanemi Warriors have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

In brief

15 Edition

The El-Kanemi Warriors Courier

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Mohammed Bangoura: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” El-Kanemi Warriors have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Tosin Olawale

“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.

Squad

The manager comes out for Daddy Abdulrahman

Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Daddy Abdulrahman has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.

In brief

13 Edition

The El-Kanemi Warriors Courier

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Modibo Sissoko says El-Kanemi Warriors went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Tayo Ifabiyi out for 16 days

The medical room confirms 16 days on the sidelines for Tayo Ifabiyi, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Daddy Abdulrahman 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.

In brief

12 Edition

The El-Kanemi Warriors Courier

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Daddy Abdulrahman: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” El-Kanemi Warriors have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

Sule John is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at El-Kanemi Warriors is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

At 21, Ismail Mukhtar is already the best thing here

An average of 7.00 in a first team he is several years too young for. El-Kanemi Warriors have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

In brief