The Ikorodu City Chronicle
The dugout4 Jan 2027
Alfred Odinaka says Ikorodu City went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market4 Jan 2027
Kelechi Onwe puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Ikorodu City, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market4 Jan 2027
PAEEK come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Ikorodu City did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Tosin Oyedokun 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 Ikorodu City this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom4 Jan 2027
Graduation day at Ikorodu City
4 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market4 Jan 2027
Uzoma Chinonso attracts admirers
The name of Uzoma Chinonso has come up in conversations Ikorodu City were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Market4 Jan 2027
Ikorodu City promote Ola Bassey from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ola Bassey 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.
Match2 Jan 2027
A bad afternoon for Ikorodu City against Plateau United
0‑1 to Plateau United, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Joshua Bassey out for 28 days
The medical room confirms 28 days on the sidelines for Joshua Bassey, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
In brief
- The dugout Daniel Abdullahi: “No excuses”
- Transfer targets Ikorodu City ask about Sodiq Oshidero
- Squad Seun Agboola falls out with a teammate over standards