Chaka Coulibaly

Central Midfielder - Remo Stars
11 Oct 2026
Sunday
Process

Marked for Chaka Coulibaly

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The Remo Stars Herald

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Remo Stars through in the cup

A 1‑2 win over Kano Pillars, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Match

Cup progress for Remo Stars

A 3‑2 win over Kano Pillars, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?

Player ratings

Chaka Coulibaly runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 33. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market

Samson Olasupo asks to leave Remo Stars

“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.

Player ratings

No sign of nerves from Mark Gibson at 21 — 8.08

The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Mark Gibson did not need any: 8.08, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Market

Remo Stars say no — this time

The offer from Ikorodu City for Emmanuel Olisa 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.

Market

Eyes on Lekan Malik again

The phone has started ringing about Lekan Malik again, and this time the name on the line is Unisport Bafang. Remo Stars are listening politely and promising nothing.

Squad

Tempers go at Remo Stars

Samuel Anakwe 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.

Squad

Victor Mbaoma falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

In brief

Back issues
4 Edition

The Remo Stars Herald

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Joseph Abah sends Remo Stars through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Joseph Abah obliged against Niger Tornadoes. 5‑4 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Remo Stars.

Squad

Serge Obassa keeps Remo Stars in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Player ratings

Chaka Coulibaly runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 29. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Player ratings

Mark Gibson, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 8.28

A mark of 8.28 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.

The terraces

Supporters turn on the $250.0K sale of Joseph Abah

He is going to Shooting Stars, the club has $250.0K it did not have on Friday, and the phone-ins have already decided how they feel about that. Selling well and selling somebody they loved are not the same skill.

Market

Jérôme Bonou 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 Remo Stars can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Remo Stars turn down Ikorodu City for Jérôme Bonou

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market

Remo Stars get their man

The chase for Olughu Chinemerem ended with $72.0K changing hands and Nasarawa United out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.

Squad

Samuel Anakwe 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 Remo Stars this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief