Robert Adokwe

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162 Edition

The Kun Khalifat Chronicle

3 Sep 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match1 Sep 2029

Timilehin Olukotun breaks Nasarawa United hearts

Some goals win a match and some take one off somebody else. Timilehin Olukotun scored in the 88th minute, Nasarawa United had already begun thinking about the journey home, and Kun Khalifat took the lot.

Player ratings3 Sep 2029

A brace, and Timilehin Olukotun takes the afternoon — 8.76

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Timilehin Olukotun provided it, and the 8.76 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Market3 Sep 2029

Robert Adokwe asks to leave Kun Khalifat

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

The dugout3 Sep 2029

Andreas Vella keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Kun Khalifat may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Boardroom3 Sep 2029

Kun Khalifat close the window on a squad of their own making

8 in and 10 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.

Transfer targets3 Sep 2029

The paperwork begins on Pedel Madaki

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Kun Khalifat have done the hard part with Plateau United, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Market3 Sep 2029

Divine Onourah’s move to Abia Warriors falls through

The deal that would have taken Divine Onourah to Abia Warriors has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Kun Khalifat with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.

Market3 Sep 2029

Ahmed Yahaya is a Kun Khalifat player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Squad3 Sep 2029

Words exchanged at Kun Khalifat

Joseph Ameh 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

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116 Edition

The Kun Khalifat Chronicle

16 Oct 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market16 Oct 2028

Only the photograph left for Divine Onourah

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Divine Onourah will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Kun Khalifat the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad16 Oct 2028

Words exchanged at Kun Khalifat

Akpan Nsikak-Abong 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.

Squad16 Oct 2028

Words at Kun Khalifat training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Blessed Iyamu 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.

Market16 Oct 2028

Onuorah Onyedika linked with a move away

The name of Onuorah Onyedika keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Kun Khalifat say nothing, which says plenty.

The dugout16 Oct 2028

Emmanuel Ajibola has been promised minutes

A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Emmanuel Ajibola has written the date down.

The dugout16 Oct 2028

Aderemi Adeoye asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

107 Edition

The Kun Khalifat Chronicle

14 Aug 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Transfer targets14 Aug 2028

Abdullahi Lawal due for a Kun Khalifat medical

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

Squad14 Aug 2028

Onuorah Onyedika signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Onuorah Onyedika and Kun Khalifat agree another 5 years.

Transfer targets14 Aug 2028

Door shut on Chukwudi Okoro

Kun Khalifat asked and Nasarawa United said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad14 Aug 2028

Akpan Nsikak-Abong in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Kun Khalifat this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad14 Aug 2028

Words at Kun Khalifat training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Blessed Iyamu 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.

Match12 Aug 2028

Chukwuma Ukoh’s goal not enough for Kun Khalifat

Chukwuma Ukoh scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Rivers United, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

The dugout14 Aug 2028

The manager makes an example of Alex Amaefula

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

The dugout14 Aug 2028

the manager answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 1‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

Transfer targets14 Aug 2028

Kun Khalifat ask about Jude Mamman

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

In brief