Efe Lucky

Defensive Midfielder - Bendel Insurance
20 Sep 2026
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Marked for Efe Lucky

5 Edition

The Bendel Insurance Post

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match26 Aug 2026

Cup progress for Bendel Insurance

A 1‑0 win over Enyimba, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

No sign of nerves from Chinedu Nwosu at 19 — 7.83

The hardest thing about being 19 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Chinedu Nwosu did not need any: 7.83, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Market31 Aug 2026

Peace Dewan 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 The request is on a desk at Bendel Insurance, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market31 Aug 2026

Bendel Insurance say no — this time

The offer from Niger Tornadoes for Efe Obiomo was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

Emmanuel Dung runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Welligton 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 Bendel Insurance this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Efe Lucky falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Match29 Aug 2026

Wisdom Udom’s goal not enough for Bendel Insurance

Wisdom Udom scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Wikki Tourists, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

The terraces31 Aug 2026

Bendel Insurance supporters have found a favourite in Alex Oweilayefa

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Alex Oweilayefa has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

In brief

Back issues
2 Edition

The Bendel Insurance Post

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad10 Aug 2026

Efe Lucky gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Efe Lucky has just signed for Bendel Insurance, and for once the answer mattered.

Market10 Aug 2026

Isaac Omijie has one foot out of the door

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

Boardroom10 Aug 2026

Joshua Baba has agreed to leave Bendel Insurance for nothing

He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.

Market10 Aug 2026

Kun Khalifat come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Bendel Insurance did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Efe Lucky signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Efe Lucky and Bendel Insurance agree another 5 years.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Oke Kayode 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 Bendel Insurance this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Efe Lucky falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The terraces10 Aug 2026

Bendel Insurance supporters have found a favourite in Chinedu Nwosu

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 19-year-old it feels ownership of. Chinedu Nwosu has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Market10 Aug 2026

Israel Emmanuel is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Bendel Insurance has been clear about where Israel Emmanuel stands, which is more than many ever get.

In brief