The Wikki Tourists Herald
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
No sign of nerves from Ahmad Lamido at 20 — 8.15
The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Ahmad Lamido did not need any: 8.15, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Market10 Aug 2026
Wikki Tourists turn down US Forces Armees for Simeon Umeh
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Barau tell Wikki Tourists: Joseph Kemin is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Wikki Tourists training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Sani Ibrahim 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.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Aliyu Mamuda
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Match8 Aug 2026
Wikki Tourists get the job done against Shooting Stars
A 2‑0 win over Shooting Stars, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Market10 Aug 2026
Wikki Tourists promote Abdullahi Ekong from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Abdullahi Ekong 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
Terem Abdullahi steps up from the Wikki Tourists academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Terem Abdullahi 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: Jamilu Madu joins the Wikki Tourists first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jamilu Madu is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Squad A falling-out at Wikki Tourists
- Player ratings Sadeeq Abdulahi runs at them all day
- Transfer targets A loan move for Christian Dawariomi is in the works