John Kennedy

Striker - Enyimba
29 May 2027
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16 Edition

The Enyimba Sentinel

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout16 Nov 2026

Sylvester Bell 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.

Squad16 Nov 2026

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.

Squad16 Nov 2026

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.

In brief

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5 Edition

The Enyimba Sentinel

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match26 Aug 2026

Enyimba bow out of the cup

Nasarawa United go through and Enyimba go home, 0‑3 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.

Market31 Aug 2026

Enyimba say no — this time

The offer from Colchester United for Ezekiel Edidiong was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

The terraces31 Aug 2026

A cup hiding at Nasarawa United leaves Enyimba explaining themselves

0-3, and long before the end the away end had switched from encouragement to something considerably more pointed. Nobody rings a phone-in about losing narrowly.

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

Bassey John, 20, plays like he has been here for years — 7.86

A mark of 7.86 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 20-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.

Market31 Aug 2026

Okoh Afamefuna 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 Enyimba can pretend not to have heard.

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

Up for the corner, and Kalu Nweke delivers — 7.30

Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Kalu Nweke scored, was marked 7.30, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

A first appearance John Kennedy will want to forget — 5.73

Everybody's debut is one of two stories and this was the other one. 5.73, and the only consolation available is that nobody's career has ever been decided by ninety minutes in a shirt he had just been given.

Boardroom31 Aug 2026

Enyimba to lose Kingsley Maduforo for free

There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Kingsley Maduforo has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Enyimba

Ezekiel Edidiong 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.

In brief

  • Transfer targets Door shut on Brown Irabor
  • Match Enyimba are shipping goals every week
  • The dugout The manager makes an example of Joel Ezra