Akeem Akanni

Defensive Midfielder - Kwara United
16 Nov 2027
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66 Edition

The Kwara United Sentinel

1 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad1 Nov 2027

Kwara United lose Nurudeen Badmos

29 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Market1 Nov 2027

The Johnmark Atule talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Kwara United know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad1 Nov 2027

Abdulsalam Abdulsalam asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

Back issues
62 Edition

The Kwara United Sentinel

4 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad4 Oct 2027

Nurudeen Badmos out for 58 days

The medical room confirms 58 days on the sidelines for Nurudeen Badmos, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad4 Oct 2027

Kazeem Yekini signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Kazeem Yekini commits to Kwara United for another 1 years.

Squad4 Oct 2027

Nurudeen Badmos asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

47 Edition

The Kwara United Sentinel

21 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match19 Jun 2027

Kwara United run riot against Bendel Insurance

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.

Squad21 Jun 2027

Imuran Mustapha: 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.” Kwara United have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market21 Jun 2027

Kwara United turn down Plateau United for Kazeem Tesleem

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Match19 Jun 2027

Still nobody has beaten Kwara United

The unbeaten run reaches 7. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Market21 Jun 2027

Lawal Abiodun is on his way

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

Market21 Jun 2027

Niger Tornadoes watching Abdullahi Mohammad

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Kwara United have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Squad21 Jun 2027

Philip Ozor 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.

Market21 Jun 2027

Warri Wolves expected to open talks for Aiyenugba Kayode

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

Squad21 Jun 2027

Abdulraheem Shola unhappy with how he is being used

Asked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Abdulraheem Shola has let it be known that he does not like the way Kwara United are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.

In brief

46 Edition

The Kwara United Sentinel

14 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market14 Jun 2027

Imuran Mustapha is on his way

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

Market14 Jun 2027

Barau come back empty-handed

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

Match12 Jun 2027

Still nobody has beaten Kwara United

The unbeaten run reaches 6. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Market14 Jun 2027

Niger Tornadoes are about to pick up the phone

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

Squad14 Jun 2027

Moses Nyebe 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.

Match12 Jun 2027

No goals between Kwara United and El-Kanemi Warriors

Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. El-Kanemi Warriors will be the happier side with the point.

In brief

39 Edition

The Kwara United Sentinel

26 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match24 Apr 2027

9 matches without a win for Kwara United

The run now stands at 9, and the questions being asked around Kwara United are no longer polite ones.

Match21 Apr 2027

Kwara United out of the cup

Shooting Stars ended it 0-1. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.

Squad26 Apr 2027

Kelvin Leku says Kwara United 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.

Market26 Apr 2027

Abdullahi Mohammad is on his way

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

Squad26 Apr 2027

The manager makes an example of Nurudeen Badmos

“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.

Match24 Apr 2027

Kwara United and Remo Stars 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

33 Edition

The Kwara United Sentinel

15 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market15 Mar 2027

Lawal Abiodun has one foot out of the door

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

Squad15 Mar 2027

The manager makes an example of Akeem Akanni

“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.

Squad15 Mar 2027

Salomon Chigoziem asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

29 Edition

The Kwara United Sentinel

15 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad15 Feb 2027

Yahaya Ibrahim: 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.” Kwara United have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market15 Feb 2027

Ahmed Nwankwo 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 Kwara United can pretend not to have heard.

Match13 Feb 2027

Still nobody has beaten Kwara United

The unbeaten run reaches 8. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Market15 Feb 2027

Aiyenugba Kayode has one foot out of the door

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

Squad15 Feb 2027

The manager makes an example of Akeem Akanni

“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.

Market15 Feb 2027

Kun Khalifat expected to open talks for Abdullahi Mohammad

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

In brief

15 Edition

The Kwara United Sentinel

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad9 Nov 2026

Zilkifilu Rabiu says Kwara United 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.

Squad9 Nov 2026

Yahaya Ibrahim 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 Kwara United, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad9 Nov 2026

Akeem Akanni keeps his manager's vote

The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Akeem Akanni plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.

In brief

11 Edition

The Kwara United Sentinel

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad12 Oct 2026

Chisom Ngomere 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.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Philip Ozor 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 Kwara United, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Akeem Akanni keeps his manager's vote

The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Akeem Akanni plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.

7 Edition

The Kwara United Sentinel

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match12 Sep 2026

Kwara United come up short against Rivers United

Rivers United left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad14 Sep 2026

The manager makes an example of Akeem Akanni

“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.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Nurudeen Badmos 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.

In brief