Blessed Iyamu

Defensive Midfielder - Kun Khalifat
27 Dec 2026
Sunday
Process

Marked for Blessed Iyamu

20 Edition

The Kun Khalifat Chronicle

14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The dugout

Hassan Olubode says Kun Khalifat 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.

Market

Aminu Simon steps up from the Kun Khalifat academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Aminu Simon has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Squad

Words at Kun Khalifat training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Wisdom Obichere 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.

Squad

A falling-out at Kun Khalifat

Akpan Nsikak-Abong and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The dugout

No hiding place for Blessed Iyamu

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

The dugout

Sunday Kalu gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Sunday Kalu is on it.

In brief

Back issues
10 Edition

The Kun Khalifat Chronicle

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Michael Akano 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.

Squad

A row about effort at Kun Khalifat

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Wisdom Obichere was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout

No hiding place for Hassan Olubode

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

The dugout

Ola Okocha knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Kun Khalifat, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad

Kun Khalifat have started building around Joseph Ameh

He used to be one of the options. He is now one of the men the options are picked around, and the change happened quietly enough that only the dressing room noticed on the day.

The dugout

The manager makes Michael Akano a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Kun Khalifat. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

In brief