Johnson Ibam

Attacking Midfielder (C) - Enyimba
19 Aug 2032
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308 Edition

The Enyimba Sentinel

21 Jun 2032
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings21 Jun 2032

Augustine Nwaorisa was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 29. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Squad21 Jun 2032

A falling-out at Enyimba

Sunday Aniebet and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad21 Jun 2032

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.

Squad21 Jun 2032

Johnson Ibam stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Johnson Ibam and Enyimba agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Transfer targets21 Jun 2032

Enyimba ask about Dajan Durmiši

A loan enquiry to Koper: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

Transfer targets21 Jun 2032

A loan move for Tai Primc is in the works

Enyimba have made the call to NK Krka. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

Match19 Jun 2032

David Eke rescues a point for Enyimba

It needed David Eke to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Wikki Tourists, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.

The dugout21 Jun 2032

Kevin Ulmer on the point

“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Kevin Ulmer after the 1‑1 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.

The dugout21 Jun 2032

Enyimba pick somebody else ahead of Adekunle Mojeed

There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.

In brief

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300 Edition

The Enyimba Sentinel

26 Apr 2032
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad26 Apr 2032

The knee: Afolayan Peters out for 70 days

70 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Enyimba lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Match21 Apr 2032

Enyimba march on in the cup

Nasarawa United are out and Enyimba go through, 3‑1 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.

Player ratings26 Apr 2032

A brace, and Chibudem Favour takes the afternoon — 8.89

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Chibudem Favour provided it, and the 8.89 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Player ratings26 Apr 2032

Kenneth Ademola, 20, steals the show — 8.04

Marked 8.04 at 20, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

Player ratings26 Apr 2032

Sunday Aniebet beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 25. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Squad26 Apr 2032

A falling-out at Enyimba

Sunday Aniebet and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match24 Apr 2032

Enyimba get the job done against Warri Wolves

A 3‑1 win over Warri Wolves, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad26 Apr 2032

Usman Lolo 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.

Player ratings26 Apr 2032

Ninety minutes of Kingsley Maduforo at his very best

Marked 8.90. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Enyimba.

In brief

257 Edition

The Enyimba Sentinel

30 Jun 2031
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match28 Jun 2031

Chastening afternoon for Enyimba

A 0‑4 beating by Plateau United was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.

Market30 Jun 2031

Enyimba turn down Barau for Victor Baridapdoo

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

Transfer targets30 Jun 2031

Dajan Durmiši due for a Enyimba medical

Everything agreed with Koper, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Squad30 Jun 2031

Words exchanged at Enyimba

Sunday Aniebet 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.

Squad30 Jun 2031

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.

Transfer targets30 Jun 2031

Cherno More tell Enyimba: Antoan Manasiev is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

The dugout30 Jun 2031

No hiding place for Usman Lolo

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Usman Lolo, and the manager let it.

Boardroom30 Jun 2031

Inquest at Enyimba

The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.

Squad30 Jun 2031

Johnson Ibam signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Johnson Ibam commits to Enyimba for another 3 years.

In brief

222 Edition

The Enyimba Sentinel

28 Oct 2030
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout28 Oct 2030

Emmanuel Moffi says Enyimba went back on their word

“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.

Squad28 Oct 2030

A falling-out at Enyimba

Sunday Aniebet and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad28 Oct 2030

Words at Enyimba training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Usman Lolo 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.

Market28 Oct 2030

Augustine Nwaorisa linked with a move away

The name of Augustine Nwaorisa keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Enyimba say nothing, which says plenty.

The dugout28 Oct 2030

When it matters, Emmanuel Feranmi plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

Boardroom28 Oct 2030

The Enyimba academy earns its keep

32 graduates, from a department now rated 9 out of 20. Nothing about the academy appears in a result, and nothing about the club’s future exists without it.

In brief