The El-Kanemi Warriors Courier
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Emmanuel Jonas runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 46. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match19 Aug 2026
El-Kanemi Warriors march on in the cup
Kwara United are out and El-Kanemi Warriors go through, 2‑1 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Match19 Aug 2026
Cruel end for Kwara United as El-Kanemi Warriors pounce
There is no crueller way to lose a football match. El-Kanemi Warriors scored in the 107th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Crisconti Larry, 19, plays like he has been here for years — 8.17
A mark of 8.17 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 19-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Market24 Aug 2026
Bunu Sale 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 El-Kanemi Warriors can pretend not to have heard.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at El-Kanemi Warriors
Emmanuel Nwabufo 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words at El-Kanemi Warriors training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Sama'ila Bello 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 terraces24 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Yusuff Adewale
At 22 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.
Match22 Aug 2026
El-Kanemi Warriors come up short against Wikki Tourists
Wikki Tourists left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
In brief
- Player ratings Ninety minutes of Yusuff Adewale at his very best
- Squad The manager makes an example of Muritala Ibrahim
- Squad Isaiah Ejeh has outgrown this division