Baba Musa

Defensive Midfielder - Niger Tornadoes
25 Nov 2026
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Marked for Baba Musa

17 Edition

The Niger Tornadoes Sentinel

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad23 Nov 2026

A muscle injury sidelines Matthew Etim for 16 days

Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Niger Tornadoes will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.

Squad23 Nov 2026

Azeez Yusuf 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.

Squad23 Nov 2026

Baba Musa stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Baba Musa and Niger Tornadoes agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

In brief

Back issues
16 Edition

The Niger Tornadoes Sentinel

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout16 Nov 2026

Matthew Etim: 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.” Niger Tornadoes have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market16 Nov 2026

Jerry Isaac 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.

Squad16 Nov 2026

Tempers go at Niger Tornadoes

Matthew Etim was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad16 Nov 2026

Joseph Godstime 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 dugout16 Nov 2026

A door opens for Ifeanyi Okoye

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

The dugout16 Nov 2026

Baba Musa 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

14 Edition

The Niger Tornadoes Sentinel

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Boardroom2 Nov 2026

$3.4M on the table at Niger Tornadoes

The board have answered with money instead of encouragement, which is the only answer a manager ever wants. Spending it well is now entirely his problem.

Squad2 Nov 2026

Matthew Etim 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 dugout2 Nov 2026

Sadiq Auwal gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Sadiq Auwal is on it.

In brief

12 Edition

The Niger Tornadoes Sentinel

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market19 Oct 2026

Jerry Isaac is on his way

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

Squad19 Oct 2026

The step up is real for Baba Musa

At 19 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Aliyu Hussaini signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Aliyu Hussaini commits to Niger Tornadoes for another 4 years.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Abdulaziz Dalhatu 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.

Squad19 Oct 2026

A row about effort at Niger Tornadoes

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Joseph Godstime was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

Aliyu Hussaini 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.

In brief