The Plateau United Sentinel
The dugout21 Sep 2026
Mustapha Abdullahi: 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.” Plateau United have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad21 Sep 2026
A falling-out at Plateau United
Victor Dawa and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Paul Samson was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 18. 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.
Match19 Sep 2026
Bendel Insurance snatch it back from Plateau United
A goal on 92 minutes turned three points into one and a good afternoon into an argument about game management that will run until Saturday.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
Somebody else is better right now than John Amah
The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.
Match19 Sep 2026
Honours even between Plateau United and Bendel Insurance
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
The view from the dugout
“We did not lose. Some weeks that is all you get, and I would rather have the point than not.” Musa Olagunju chose the glass-half-full version of 1‑1; the supporters left with the other one.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Joshua Dabo 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.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
John Amah 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
- Squad Paul Samson makes the position his own
- Squad Agwar Micheal: “I am not a substitute”
- Market The shop window has Vincent Temitope in it