Godwin John

Defensive Midfielder - Niger Tornadoes
12 Dec 2026
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Marked for Godwin John

19 Edition

The Niger Tornadoes Sentinel

7 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad7 Dec 2026

57 days out for Azeez Yusuf after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Niger Tornadoes will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Squad7 Dec 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 dugout7 Dec 2026

Jerry Isaac has been promised minutes

A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Jerry Isaac has written the date down.

The dugout7 Dec 2026

Joseph Godstime 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.

Market7 Dec 2026

Baba Musa leaves for nothing

Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Baba Musa leaves Niger Tornadoes the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.

Market7 Dec 2026

Niger Tornadoes put Mendos Rickson up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Mendos Rickson may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

In brief

Back issues
17 Edition

The Niger Tornadoes Sentinel

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad23 Nov 2026

72 days out for Azeez Yusuf after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Niger Tornadoes will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Squad23 Nov 2026

Niger Tornadoes count the cost of losing Micheal Nelson

14 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Squad23 Nov 2026

Chibueze Ezeifule out for 26 days

The medical room confirms 26 days on the sidelines for Chibueze Ezeifule, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

In brief

16 Edition

The Niger Tornadoes Sentinel

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad16 Nov 2026

Azeez Yusuf breaks a bone — 79 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 79 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad16 Nov 2026

A falling-out at Niger Tornadoes

Azeez Yusuf and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad16 Nov 2026

Words at Niger Tornadoes training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Matthew Etim 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.

In brief

15 Edition

The Niger Tornadoes Sentinel

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad9 Nov 2026

A fracture rules Azeez Yusuf out for 86 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Niger Tornadoes will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad9 Nov 2026

Godwin John signs a new deal

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

Squad9 Nov 2026

Words exchanged at Niger Tornadoes

Azeez Yusuf 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.

In brief

10 Edition

The Niger Tornadoes Sentinel

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad5 Oct 2026

A day Terdoo Shimagande will not forget

3 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Azeez Yusuf is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Match3 Oct 2026

Niger Tornadoes see off Bayelsa United

Three points for Niger Tornadoes, 3‑1 the final word against Bayelsa United in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Player ratings5 Oct 2026

Terdoo Shimagande in the eights

A performance of 9.22 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Match3 Oct 2026

Terdoo Shimagande at the heart of a fast Niger Tornadoes start

2 goals inside twenty minutes with Terdoo Shimagande in the middle of it, and Bayelsa United unable to get near the ball long enough to change anything. Some matches are won before the first drink.

Player ratings5 Oct 2026

Tasiu Lawal in the eights

A performance of 8.23 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Tempers go at Niger Tornadoes

Azeez Yusuf 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.

Player ratings5 Oct 2026

Joseph Godstime beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 16. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Squad5 Oct 2026

A row about effort at Niger Tornadoes

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

In brief

  • The dugout The manager’s verdict
  • The dugout The manager makes an example of Godwin John
  • The dugout Abbati Musa has become a man the manager trusts