The Enyimba Sentinel
Market22 Feb 2027
Sunday Aniebet is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Enyimba is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad22 Feb 2027
A falling-out at Enyimba
Ezekiel Edidiong and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout22 Feb 2027
No hiding place for Sama'ila Bello
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Sama'ila Bello, and the manager let it.
Squad22 Feb 2027
A row about effort at Enyimba
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Stanley Dimgba was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Eze Matthew stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Eze Matthew and Enyimba agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Player ratings22 Feb 2027
The afternoon belonged to Sama'ila Bello
A mark of 7.65, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
Match20 Feb 2027
Enyimba and El-Kanemi Warriors take a point apiece
It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
The dugout22 Feb 2027
Abraham Chukwueze on the point
“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Abraham Chukwueze after the 1‑1 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.
Player ratings22 Feb 2027
Joseph Abiodun runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 12. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
In brief
- The dugout Kingsley Maduforo has become a man the manager trusts
- Looking ahead A reunion for Adamu Yazid
- The dugout Kingsley Maduforo does not fit this one