The Warri Wolves Courier
Market10 Aug 2026
Vincent Edafe sold, and an era ends
$1.5M from Sivasspor for Vincent Edafe. Money is money, but the dressing room has lost the man it looked to.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Othuke Egbo
Successful dribbles: 33. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market10 Aug 2026
Igbunu Evwierhurhoma is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Warri Wolves is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market10 Aug 2026
Abdulateef Yusuff asks to leave Warri Wolves
“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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Warri Wolves say no — this time
The offer from Wikki Tourists for Onome Onotafe was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Alimi Adebayo in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Warri Wolves this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Igbunu Evwierhurhoma 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Warri Wolves see off Kano Pillars
Three points for Warri Wolves, 1‑0 the final word against Kano Pillars in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
A masterclass from Ezekiel Oroh
Marked 8.15 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
In brief
- Player ratings Tejiri Emonena shuts the door
- Squad Ekene Olisema has company in his position
- Squad Goforth Amedu has had enough of the bench