From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match11 Sep 2028
Enyimba up to position 164 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Market11 Sep 2028
The bid was some way short and Enyimba did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Match9 Sep 2028
No end in sight to Enyimba 's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Enyimba has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad11 Sep 2028
Paul Odeh 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.
Squad11 Sep 2028
David Eke is in the form of his lifeA season average of 7.31 with 4 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Match9 Sep 2028
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Shooting Stars defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Squad11 Sep 2028
“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.
Market11 Sep 2028
The window shut and Henry Ndedi is still in the building
Enyimba spent a month trying to move him and nobody rang back. He trains with a squad that has told him where he stands, and both sides start counting down to the next one.
Market11 Sep 2028
No fee, no negotiation, no argument: Nathaniel Asibe moves on to another club with his contract settled and the wage bill a little lighter.
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Upbeat
Match14 Aug 2028
Enyimba up to position 160 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Emeka Onyema : 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.” Enyimba have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad14 Aug 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Augustine Nwaorisa and Enyimba agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match12 Aug 2028
A 1-0 win over Kano Pillars , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad14 Aug 2028
“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 Aug 2028
4 goals and a season average of 7.30. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
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Upbeat
Match22 Jul 2028
14 unbeaten for Enyimba
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 14 matches without defeat is a foundation Enyimba did not have in the autumn.
Squad24 Jul 2028
Seyi Adegbite : 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.” Enyimba have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad24 Jul 2028
17 goals and a season average of 7.28. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Squad24 Jul 2028
At 21, Sunday Aniebet is already the best thing here
An average of 7.05 in a first team he is several years too young for. Enyimba have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Squad24 Jul 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” David Eke and Enyimba agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match22 Jul 2028
A 3-1 win over Katsina United , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Market24 Jul 2028
Abia Warriors are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. Enyimba will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Market24 Jul 2028
The name of Uwana Asuquo keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Enyimba say nothing, which says plenty.
The terraces24 Jul 2028
The press cannot get enough of Sunday Aniebet
Praise is not points and never has been. It is, however, the fastest way for a valuation to move, and everybody in the game reads the same pages.
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Steady
Match17 Jul 2028
Enyimba are in among the leadersPosition 1 and 53 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Match15 Jul 2028
13 unbeaten for Enyimba
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 13 matches without defeat is a foundation Enyimba did not have in the autumn.
Squad17 Jul 2028
Henry Ndedi : 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.” Enyimba have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Henry Ndedi Henry Ndedi: that is not what I was promised
Squad17 Jul 2028
David Eke is in the form of his lifeA season average of 7.29 with 4 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad17 Jul 2028
“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.
Match15 Jul 2028
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Kun Khalifat defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
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Steady
Match24 Jun 2028
10 unbeaten for Enyimba
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 10 matches without defeat is a foundation Enyimba did not have in the autumn.
Squad26 Jun 2028
Joseph Abiodun : 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.” Enyimba have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match24 Jun 2028
A 1-0 win over Plateau United , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Market26 Jun 2028
Kano Pillars are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. Enyimba will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad26 Jun 2028
“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.
Squad26 Jun 2028
3 goals and a season average of 7.24. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Market26 Jun 2028
The name of Uwana Asuquo keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Enyimba say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad26 Jun 2028
Walid Tawfik 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.
Market26 Jun 2028
1 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Enyimba money.
In brief
The terraces
The press cannot get enough of David Eke
Boardroom
Enyimba board back the manager
The terraces
David Eke has his own song now
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Upbeat
Squad5 Jun 2028
David Eke is the real thing at 21A season average of 7.19 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Enyimba know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
Match3 Jun 2028
7 unbeaten for Enyimba
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 7 matches without defeat is a foundation Enyimba did not have in the autumn.
Squad5 Jun 2028
13 goals and a season average of 7.25. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Match3 Jun 2028
Nasarawa United made Enyimba work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad5 Jun 2028
The manager makes an example of Miracle Ukadike
“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.
Boardroom5 Jun 2028
$5.8M on the table at Enyimba
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.
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Upbeat
Squad8 May 2028
Walid Tawfik : 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.” Enyimba have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match6 May 2028
Enyimba make it 3 in a rowMomentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Enyimba have 3 straight wins of it.
Squad8 May 2028
David Eke is the real thing at 21A season average of 7.15 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Enyimba know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
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Crisis
Match15 Apr 2028
6 matches without a win for Enyimba
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Enyimba are no longer polite ones.
Match15 Apr 2028
2-3 to Rangers International , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad17 Apr 2028
The manager makes an example of Paul Odeh
“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.
Paul Odeh The manager makes an example of Paul Odeh
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match8 Apr 2028
11 unbeaten for Enyimba
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 11 matches without defeat is a foundation Enyimba did not have in the autumn.
Match8 Apr 2028
5 matches without a win for Enyimba
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Enyimba are no longer polite ones.
Squad10 Apr 2028
At 21, David Eke is already the best thing here
An average of 7.06 in a first team he is several years too young for. Enyimba have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
David Eke At 21, David Eke is already the best thing here
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Steady
Match1 Apr 2028
10 unbeaten for Enyimba
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 10 matches without defeat is a foundation Enyimba did not have in the autumn.
Match1 Apr 2028
4 matches without a win for Enyimba
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Enyimba are no longer polite ones.
Squad3 Apr 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ezekiel Edidiong and Enyimba agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Apr 2028
“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.
Boardroom3 Apr 2028
Enyimba release $5.8M for the managerThe board have put money on the table rather than an encouraging word. What happens to it now is somebody else's problem, and somebody else's job.
Squad3 Apr 2028
Sunday Aniebet 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 Enyimba , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Steady
Match11 Mar 2028
7 unbeaten for Enyimba
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 7 matches without defeat is a foundation Enyimba did not have in the autumn.
Squad13 Mar 2028
At 21, David Eke is already the best thing here
An average of 7.00 in a first team he is several years too young for. Enyimba have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Squad13 Mar 2028
The manager makes an example of Miracle Ukadike
“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.
David Eke At 21, David Eke is already the best thing here
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Upbeat
Squad6 Mar 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Uwana Asuquo commits to Enyimba for another 4 years.
Match4 Mar 2028
6 unbeaten for Enyimba
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Enyimba did not have in the autumn.
Match4 Mar 2028
Three points for Enyimba , 1-0 the final word against Kun Khalifat in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad6 Mar 2028
“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.
Squad6 Mar 2028
The month belongs to David Eke
The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. Enyimba have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.
Boardroom6 Mar 2028
Enyimba release $5.8M for the managerThe board have put money on the table rather than an encouraging word. What happens to it now is somebody else's problem, and somebody else's job.
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Upbeat
Squad28 Feb 2028
“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.
Squad28 Feb 2028
Kalu Nweke 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.
Match26 Feb 2028
A 1-0 win over Bendel Insurance , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad28 Feb 2028
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Squad28 Feb 2028
Ezekiel Edidiong 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.
Boardroom28 Feb 2028
The Enyimba production line keeps running
10 graduates out of an academy now rated 9 out of 20. Clubs this size survive on exactly that, and the town knows every name.
In brief
The terraces
The press have found their man in David Eke
The terraces
The stand has a song for David Eke
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Uneasy
Squad20 Dec 2027
At 21, David Eke is already the best thing here
An average of 7.03 in a first team he is several years too young for. Enyimba have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Squad20 Dec 2027
The medical room confirms 76 days on the sidelines for Walid Tawfik , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad20 Dec 2027
The manager makes an example of Usman Lolo
“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.
David Eke At 21, David Eke is already the best thing here
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Uneasy
Squad22 Nov 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.
Squad22 Nov 2027
At 21, David Eke is already the best thing here
An average of 7.03 in a first team he is several years too young for. Enyimba have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Squad22 Nov 2027
The manager makes an example of Seyi Adegbite
“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.
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Uneasy
Squad25 Oct 2027
At 21, David Eke is already the best thing here
An average of 7.03 in a first team he is several years too young for. Enyimba have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Squad25 Oct 2027
“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.
Squad25 Oct 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 Enyimba , and both men came out saying it was fine.
David Eke At 21, David Eke is already the best thing here
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Uneasy
Squad27 Sep 2027
At 21, David Eke is already the best thing here
An average of 7.03 in a first team he is several years too young for. Enyimba have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Squad27 Sep 2027
Walid Tawfik 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.
Squad27 Sep 2027
Sunday Aniebet 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 Enyimba , and both men came out saying it was fine.
David Eke At 21, David Eke is already the best thing here
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Steady
Match28 Aug 2027
Beaten 1-4 by Rangers International , and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Squad30 Aug 2027
At 21, David Eke is already the best thing here
An average of 7.03 in a first team he is several years too young for. Enyimba have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Uwana Asuquo 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.
David Eke At 21, David Eke is already the best thing here
Market30 Aug 2027
The name of Ebube Success has come up in conversations Enyimba were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Boardroom30 Aug 2027
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
Squad30 Aug 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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Crisis
Market2 Aug 2027
Ebube Success 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 Enyimba can pretend not to have heard.
Squad2 Aug 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Paul Odeh commits to Enyimba for another 3 years.
Squad2 Aug 2027
David Eke is the real thing at 21A season average of 7.02 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Enyimba know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
Squad2 Aug 2027
27 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Match31 Jul 2027
Ikorodu City left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Boardroom2 Aug 2027
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
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Crisis
Market5 Jul 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Enyimba can pretend not to have heard.
Squad5 Jul 2027
David Eke is the real thing at 21A season average of 7.00 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Enyimba know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
Match3 Jul 2027
El-Kanemi Warriors left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Uwana Asuquo 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.
Squad5 Jul 2027
44 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad5 Jul 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” John Kennedy commits to Enyimba for another 3 years.
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Uneasy
Market7 Jun 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.
Squad7 Jun 2027
At 20, David Eke is already the best thing here
An average of 7.00 in a first team he is several years too young for. Enyimba have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Market7 Jun 2027
Stephen Ugonna has one foot out of the doorTerms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Enyimba they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad7 Jun 2027
The manager makes an example of Paul Odeh
“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.
Squad7 Jun 2027
The medical room confirms 73 days on the sidelines for Godwin Dede , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Match5 Jun 2027
A 1-1 draw with Nasarawa United leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
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Uneasy
Match22 May 2027
8 matches without a win for Enyimba
The run now stands at 8, and the questions being asked around Enyimba are no longer polite ones.
Market24 May 2027
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Enyimba is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad24 May 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.
Squad24 May 2027
81 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Match22 May 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.
Squad24 May 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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Uneasy
Market17 May 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.
Match15 May 2027
7 matches without a win for Enyimba
The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Enyimba are no longer polite ones.
Market17 May 2027
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Enyimba is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad17 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Stanley Dimgba
“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.
Match15 May 2027
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Remo Stars defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Squad17 May 2027
Adekunle Mojeed 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.
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Steady
Match17 Apr 2027
Still nobody has beaten Enyimba
The unbeaten run reaches 13. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Market19 Apr 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Enyimba can pretend not to have heard.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market19 Apr 2027
Ebube Success has one foot out of the doorTerms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Enyimba they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad19 Apr 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.
Match17 Apr 2027
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.