Clinton Jephta

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Niger Tornadoes
16 Jan 2027
Saturday
Process

Marked for Clinton Jephta

7 Edition

The Niger Tornadoes Sentinel

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Whatever happens, Niger Tornadoes do not lose

9 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.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Yusuf Omotayo

Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Terdoo Shimagande 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 Niger Tornadoes this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Sunday Akinmoladun 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 costly moment from Mohammed Aliyu

One lapse, one goal, and ninety minutes of honest work counting for nothing. That is the job at Niger Tornadoes, and it is a cruel one.

Match

Honours even between Niger Tornadoes and Ikorodu City

1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

Squad

Clinton Jephta finally opens his account

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

Squad

Victor Okoro 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 Niger Tornadoes, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Player ratings

The one thing Terdoo Shimagande 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.

In brief

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2 Edition

The Niger Tornadoes Sentinel

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Ismail Sarki

Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market

Ikechukwu Nwabueze 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 Niger Tornadoes can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Joseph Godstime has one foot out of the door

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

Squad

Mohammed Aliyu 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 Niger Tornadoes this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Clinton Jephta

“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.

Market

48 months and counting on Terdoo Shimagande

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

Player ratings

Nothing got past Mohammed Aliyu

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 16 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Market

A long bet from Niger Tornadoes on Ikechukwu Nwabueze

He is 20, and nobody at Niger Tornadoes signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.

Match

Niger Tornadoes draw a blank against Plateau United

The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Plateau United defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.

In brief