From our football correspondent
Steady
Market25 Oct 2027
“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.
Squad25 Oct 2027
A season average of 7.17 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Ikorodu City know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
Squad25 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Seun Agboola
“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.
Market25 Oct 2027
The name of Michael Atata keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Ikorodu City say nothing, which says plenty.
Loan watch25 Oct 2027
15 appearances away from home and 4 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Squad25 Oct 2027
“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.
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Steady
Squad11 Oct 2027
Oladimeji Dada: 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.” Ikorodu City have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market11 Oct 2027
Idoto Ocheme 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 Ikorodu City can pretend not to have heard.
Squad11 Oct 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Joseph George commits to Ikorodu City for another 4 years.
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Steady
Squad4 Oct 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Joseph Arumala commits to Ikorodu City for another 4 years.
Squad4 Oct 2027
The award goes to Chineme Chinonso, and nobody around here is inclined to argue with the choice.
Loan watch4 Oct 2027
“I did not go to Odd to sit and watch. I want to come back to Ikorodu City and fight for my place.” 14 appearances in 29 matches say the rest.
Squad4 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Ayomide Cole
“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.
Squad4 Oct 2027
Gideon Manaseh 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 Ikorodu City, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market4 Oct 2027
The name of Oladimeji Dada keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Ikorodu City say nothing, which says plenty.
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Uneasy
Market13 Sep 2027
Idoto Ocheme 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 Ikorodu City can pretend not to have heard.
Market13 Sep 2027
Joseph Arumala has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Ikorodu City they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad13 Sep 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Seun Agboola commits to Ikorodu City for another 5 years.
Loan watch13 Sep 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Ikorodu City, and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad13 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Aliu Salawudeen
“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.
Squad13 Sep 2027
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Ikorodu City have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Ayomide Cole 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.
Market13 Sep 2027
Ikorodu City spent the window trying to move Gideon Manaseh on and nobody came. He trains with a squad that has already told him he is not part of it, and both sides now wait for the next one.
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Uneasy
Market6 Sep 2027
“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.
Match4 Sep 2027
5 matches without a win for Ikorodu City
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Ikorodu City are no longer polite ones.
Market6 Sep 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Ikorodu City have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Loan watch6 Sep 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Ikorodu City, and 2 appearances in 29 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad6 Sep 2027
“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.
Squad6 Sep 2027
The captaincy has been taken off Oladimeji Dada. Ikorodu City will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
Match4 Sep 2027
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Nasarawa United defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Squad6 Sep 2027
The captaincy goes to Tosin Oyedokun. It is not a job that wins matches, but a dressing room always notices who is given it.
Market6 Sep 2027
The name of Oladimeji Dada keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Ikorodu City say nothing, which says plenty.
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Steady
Squad30 Aug 2027
“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.
Market30 Aug 2027
Everything was agreed until it was not, and Joseph Arumala reports back to Ikorodu City with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.
Squad30 Aug 2027
A season average of 7.17 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Ikorodu City know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
Match28 Aug 2027
4 matches without a win for Ikorodu City
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Ikorodu City are no longer polite ones.
Squad30 Aug 2027
“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.
Squad30 Aug 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Derrick Julu and Ikorodu City agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market30 Aug 2027
Enyimba are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Ikorodu City will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Loan watch30 Aug 2027
“I did not go to Hearts of Oak to sit and watch. I want to come back to Ikorodu City and fight for my place.” 7 appearances in 31 matches say the rest.
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Steady
Squad9 Aug 2027
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market9 Aug 2027
“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.
Market9 Aug 2027
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Ikorodu City they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Match7 Aug 2027
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 7 matches without defeat is a foundation Ikorodu City did not have in the autumn.
Market9 Aug 2027
The name of Joseph Arumala has come up in conversations Ikorodu City were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad9 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Gideon Manaseh
“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.
Squad9 Aug 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Goodluck Anuba commits to Ikorodu City for another 4 years.
Loan watch9 Aug 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Ikorodu City, and 2 appearances in 25 say he has earned the hearing.
Match7 Aug 2027
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
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Steady
Match7 Jul 2027
A 3-2 win over Rangers International, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Taiwo Alao takes the match ball home
3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.
Market12 Jul 2027
Uche Jaguar 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 Ikorodu City can pretend not to have heard.
Squad12 Jul 2027
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad12 Jul 2027
“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.
Squad12 Jul 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Daniel Idoko commits to Ikorodu City for another 5 years.
Loan watch12 Jul 2027
“I did not go to Yenisey to sit and watch. I want to come back to Ikorodu City and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 21 matches say the rest.
Match10 Jul 2027
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Kwara United defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Market12 Jul 2027
The name of Oladimeji Dada keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Ikorodu City say nothing, which says plenty.
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Steady
Squad5 Apr 2027
Suleiman Nasiru: 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.” Ikorodu City have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market5 Apr 2027
Aderemi Adeoye has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Ikorodu City they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Loan watch5 Apr 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Ikorodu City, and 7 appearances in 10 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad5 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Joseph Arumala
“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.
Match3 Apr 2027
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Remo Stars came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
Squad5 Apr 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Ikorodu City, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Market3 Aug 2026
Preston come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Ikorodu City did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Shodeinde Moses and Ikorodu City agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market3 Aug 2026
The name of Gift Udoh has come up in conversations Ikorodu City were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Market3 Aug 2026
49 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
Market3 Aug 2026
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Kelechi Onwe has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Ikorodu City.
Squad3 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Joseph Arumala
“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.