The Enyimba Sentinel
Squad5 Apr 2027
A fracture rules Adekunle Mojeed out for 49 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Enyimba will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
The dugout5 Apr 2027
Peter Okechukwu: 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.” Enyimba have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Player ratings5 Apr 2027
Ezekiel Edidiong runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Tempers go at Enyimba
Ezekiel Edidiong 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.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Kingsley Maduforo signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Kingsley Maduforo commits to Enyimba for another 4 years.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Words at Enyimba training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kelvin Ogunga is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match3 Apr 2027
Enyimba end the wait against Kano Pillars
It had gone 5 games. The players did not celebrate like men who had won a match; they celebrated like men who had been let out of something.
Match3 Apr 2027
Nelson Sule sends Enyimba past Kano Pillars
It finished 1‑0, and it was Nelson Sule’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Enyimba.
The dugout5 Apr 2027
No hiding place for Kingsley Maduforo
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Kingsley Maduforo, and the manager let it.
In brief
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- The dugout A promise honoured at Enyimba
- Looking ahead Mohammed Hussaini goes back to face Kwara United