The Barau Courier
Market14 Dec 2026
Godwin Akpo is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Barau is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Words exchanged at Barau
Idris Saidu and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Uzochukwu Ezeobi signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Uzochukwu Ezeobi commits to Barau for another 4 years.
Loan watch14 Dec 2026
Jude Mamman counts the days
“I watch every Barau game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Rivers United runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Moses Tsehuan
“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.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
Yusuf Muhammad knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Yusuf Muhammad trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes Salim Ali a promise
- Squad Questions about Ibrahim Nura on the training pitch
- The dugout Anthony Omaka keeps his manager's vote
- Squad Good reports on Henry Ezeonye