The Katsina United Herald
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
A brace, and Uche Collins takes the afternoon — 8.48
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Uche Collins provided it, and the 8.48 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Market10 Aug 2026
John Osimhen steps up from the Katsina United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. John Osimhen has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Katsina United promote Odion Lookman from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Odion Lookman has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Henry Iwobi steps up from the Katsina United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Henry Iwobi has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Ifeanyi Moffi joins the Katsina United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ifeanyi Moffi is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Katsina United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Emmanuel Bakare 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Late, late show earns Katsina United a point
Minute 87, against Barau, and a goal that felt like a win to everybody who had stayed. It was a draw. Nobody leaving the ground will describe it as one.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Moses Adikwu signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Moses Adikwu and Katsina United agree another 3 years.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Philip Clement was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 16. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
In brief
- Squad A falling-out at Katsina United
- Match Uche Collins rescues a point for Katsina United
- The dugout Michael Okoro is still paying for one afternoon at Katsina United