The Bayelsa United Courier
Squad28 Dec 2026
Peter Ebimobowei breaks a bone — 84 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 84 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
The dugout28 Dec 2026
Gabriel Biriduba 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.
Market28 Dec 2026
Don-Pedro Samuel comes back from a loan that worked
14 appearances and 9 goals away from here, and a player the manager did not have in August. Loans are sent out hoping for exactly this and most of them do not deliver it.
Squad28 Dec 2026
A falling-out at Bayelsa United
Ebiabowei Baker and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Words at Bayelsa United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Chinedu Onyinjekwu 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.
The dugout28 Dec 2026
Nupe Godstime knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Nupe Godstime trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Squad Promise Daniel: “I am not a substitute”
- Market Bayelsa United put Owugha Tonyemiete up for sale
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Pinna Sagbamaowei