The Ikorodu City Chronicle
Market7 Sep 2026
Musa Malik asks to leave Ikorodu City
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Deadline passes with 13 signed and 11 gone
That is the business done at Ikorodu City until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.
Market7 Sep 2026
Ikorodu City turn down Marsaxlokk for Joseph Arumala
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad7 Sep 2026
A falling-out at Ikorodu City
Tosin Oyedokun and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Uche Onyemaechi signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Uche Onyemaechi and Ikorodu City agree another 2 years.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words at Ikorodu City training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Emmanuel Mathias is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Tosin Oyedokun named in the team of the month
A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Tosin Oyedokun is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.
Market7 Sep 2026
Ikorodu City and Uche Onyemaechi are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
Chidera Oparaocha 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
- The dugout No hiding place for Idoto Ocheme
- The dugout Suleiman Nasiru is still being punished for one mistake
- The dugout Michael Atata gets picked when it counts