The Ikorodu City Chronicle
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Both of them Chineme Chinonso's — 9.55
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 9.55, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
No sign of nerves from Joseph Arumala at 21 — 8.78
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Joseph Arumala did not need any: 8.78, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Market15 Feb 2027
Cotonsport Garoua 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.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Naheem Odugbemi runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market15 Feb 2027
Moses Ali is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Ikorodu City is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Words exchanged at Ikorodu City
Tosin Oyedokun and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Remember the name: Chineme Chinonso
He is 21, he is averaging 7.00, and older professionals have started passing to him in the difficult minutes. That last part is the real scouting report.
Match13 Feb 2027
Ikorodu City find a way past Bayelsa United
Bayelsa United made Ikorodu City work for it, but the scoreboard read 3‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
The terraces15 Feb 2027
The crowd has taken to Chineme Chinonso
At 21 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.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Chidera Oparaocha
- Squad Ibifubara Dagogo signs on for more
- The dugout A satisfied Moses Aribo