Sule John

Striker - Rivers United
2 Mar 2027
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Marked for Sule John

22 Edition

The Rivers United Herald

28 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market28 Dec 2026

Abdulateef Yusuff 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 Rivers United can pretend not to have heard.

Squad28 Dec 2026

Stephen Manyo 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 Rivers United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Boardroom28 Dec 2026

107% of the income goes out in wages at Rivers United

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

In brief

Back issues
17 Edition

The Rivers United Herald

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market23 Nov 2026

Bolu Sholumade asks to leave Rivers United

“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.

Squad23 Nov 2026

Tempers go at Rivers United

Stephen Manyo 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.

Squad23 Nov 2026

The manager makes an example of Abayomi Adebayo

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

5 Edition

The El-Kanemi Warriors Courier

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

Ismail Mukhtar runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 38. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market31 Aug 2026

The unthinkable, invoiced: Bashar Musa sold

Remo Stars arrived with $280.0K and left with the best player in the building. The board will call it business; the queue at the ticket office will use other words.

Match26 Aug 2026

Cup progress for El-Kanemi Warriors

A 3‑1 win over Bendel Insurance, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?

Market31 Aug 2026

Mohammed Bangoura 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.

Market31 Aug 2026

El-Kanemi Warriors say no — this time

The offer from Katsina United for Risilanu Ismail 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.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Tempers go at El-Kanemi Warriors

Muhammed Kabiru 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.

Match29 Aug 2026

Whatever happens, El-Kanemi Warriors do not lose

6 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.

Market31 Aug 2026

Sule John moves on

Rivers United pay $160.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

One of those days for Risilanu Ismail

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.62, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

In brief

5 Edition

The Rivers United Herald

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

Abdulrafiu Taiwo shuts the door

Defensive actions: 32, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

Wisdom Ebirim shuts the door

Defensive actions: 27, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Market31 Aug 2026

Wisdom Samuel 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 Rivers United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Aniekeme Okon stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Aniekeme Okon and Rivers United agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Market31 Aug 2026

Rivers United get their man

The chase for Sule John ended with $160.0K changing hands and El-Kanemi Warriors out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

Nobody could get near Wandile Duba

Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Rivers United

Aniekeme Okon 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.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Rivers United count the cost of losing Joel Odoh

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

Squad31 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of Ani Ozoemena

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief