From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market6 Sep 2027
“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.
Match4 Sep 2027
5 matches without a win for Ikorodu City
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Ikorodu City are no longer polite ones.
Market6 Sep 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Ikorodu City have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Loan watch6 Sep 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Ikorodu City, and 2 appearances in 29 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad6 Sep 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad6 Sep 2027
The captaincy has been taken off Oladimeji Dada. Ikorodu City will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
Match4 Sep 2027
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Nasarawa United defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Squad6 Sep 2027
The captaincy goes to Tosin Oyedokun. It is not a job that wins matches, but a dressing room always notices who is given it.
Market6 Sep 2027
The name of Oladimeji Dada keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Ikorodu City say nothing, which says plenty.
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Steady
Market5 Jul 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Ikorodu City can pretend not to have heard.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Naheem Odugbemi: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Ikorodu City have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad5 Jul 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Loan watch5 Jul 2027
“I did not go to Hearts of Oak to sit and watch. I want to come back to Ikorodu City and fight for my place.” 7 appearances in 23 matches say the rest.
Match3 Jul 2027
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Daniel Idoko 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.
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Steady
Market14 Jun 2027
Uche Jaguar 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 Ikorodu City can pretend not to have heard.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Ayomide Cole: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Ikorodu City have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market14 Jun 2027
Yomi Ayodeji has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Ikorodu City they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Match12 Jun 2027
Katsina United made Ikorodu City work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad14 Jun 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Loan watch14 Jun 2027
“I did not go to Yenisey to sit and watch. I want to come back to Ikorodu City and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 17 matches say the rest.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Shodeinde Moses unhappy with how he is being used
Asked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Shodeinde Moses has let it be known that he does not like the way Ikorodu City are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
Market14 Jun 2027
The name of Oladimeji Dada keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Ikorodu City say nothing, which says plenty.
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Crisis
Market7 Jun 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Ikorodu City can pretend not to have heard.
Squad7 Jun 2027
David Andrew: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Ikorodu City have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market7 Jun 2027
Yomi Ayodeji has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Ikorodu City they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad7 Jun 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match5 Jun 2027
0-1 to Kun Khalifat, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Loan watch7 Jun 2027
“I did not go to Hearts of Oak to sit and watch. I want to come back to Ikorodu City and fight for my place.” 7 appearances in 19 matches say the rest.
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Uneasy
Match20 Feb 2027
A 2-0 win over Kano Pillars, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad22 Feb 2027
“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.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Samuel Ezekiel 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.
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Uneasy
Match30 Jan 2027
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 9 matches without defeat is a foundation Ikorodu City did not have in the autumn.
Market1 Feb 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Ikorodu City can pretend not to have heard.
Match30 Jan 2027
5 matches without a win for Ikorodu City
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Ikorodu City are no longer polite ones.
Squad1 Feb 2027
“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.
Squad1 Feb 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market1 Feb 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Ikorodu City have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad1 Feb 2027
The captaincy has been taken off Aliu Salawudeen. Ikorodu City will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
Match30 Jan 2027
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Katsina United came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Oladimeji Dada 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.
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Uneasy
Market25 Jan 2027
“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.
Match23 Jan 2027
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 8 matches without defeat is a foundation Ikorodu City did not have in the autumn.
Match23 Jan 2027
4 matches without a win for Ikorodu City
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Ikorodu City are no longer polite ones.
Squad25 Jan 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad25 Jan 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Ikorodu City, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market25 Jan 2027
Shooting Stars are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Ikorodu City will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Match23 Jan 2027
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Kun Khalifat came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
Market25 Jan 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Ikorodu City know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Somebody is after Uche Jaguar’s shirt
A new face in his position, and Uche Jaguar suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Ikorodu City have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
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Uneasy
Squad26 Oct 2026
“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.
Squad26 Oct 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad26 Oct 2026
42 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
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Uneasy
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
Wages eat 250% of everything Ikorodu City earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Holomo Mpeli gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Daniel Idoko named player of the month
The award goes to Daniel Idoko, and nobody around here is inclined to argue with the choice.
Loan watch5 Oct 2026
“I did not go to Berekum Chelsea to sit and watch. I want to come back to Ikorodu City and fight for my place.” 2 appearances in 6 matches say the rest.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Daniel Dennis 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.
Market5 Oct 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market7 Sep 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Ikorodu City can pretend not to have heard.
Match5 Sep 2026
No end in sight to Ikorodu City's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Ikorodu City has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad7 Sep 2026
“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.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Wages eat 90% of everything Ikorodu City earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Market7 Sep 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Market7 Sep 2026
Great Olympics are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Ikorodu City will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Ikorodu City will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.
Match5 Sep 2026
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Nasarawa United will be the happier side with the point.
Squad7 Sep 2026
David Andrew knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Ikorodu City, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Match26 Aug 2026
Enyimba ended it 0-1. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Market31 Aug 2026
“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.
Match29 Aug 2026
No end in sight to Ikorodu City's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Ikorodu City has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Holomo Mpeli
“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.
Market31 Aug 2026
Owugha Tonyemiete is 19, and Ikorodu City have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Match29 Aug 2026
A 1-1 draw with Abia Warriors leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Shodeinde Moses 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Emmanuel Mathias unhappy with how he is being used
Asked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Emmanuel Mathias has let it be known that he does not like the way Ikorodu City are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.