The Katsina United Herald
Squad2 Nov 2026
A move Oriyomi Lebi would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Oriyomi Lebi is living that version at Katsina United, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad2 Nov 2026
A row about effort at Katsina United
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Azeez Falolu was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
$3.7M on the table at Katsina United
The board have answered with money instead of encouragement, which is the only answer a manager ever wants. Spending it well is now entirely his problem.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Oriyomi Lebi is a square peg at Katsina United
The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.
Market2 Nov 2026
A long bet from Katsina United on Oriyomi Lebi
He is 20, and nobody at Katsina United signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market2 Nov 2026
No place for Musa Sulaiman in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Musa Sulaiman has his answer from Katsina United; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Joshua Enaholo loses the armband
The captaincy has been taken off Joshua Enaholo. Katsina United will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
Mohammed Ibrahim has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Katsina United will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
Innocent Arigu 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.
In brief
- Boardroom The Katsina United board put their names to it
- The dugout The manager comes out for Mohammed Ibrahim