The Kun Khalifat Chronicle
Squad10 Aug 2026
Akpan Nsikak-Abong keeps Kun Khalifat in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market10 Aug 2026
Victor Kelechi 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Kun Khalifat turn down Zeleznicar Pancevo for Solomon Odoemenam
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No thanks: Muhammed Usman rejects the move
Kun Khalifat had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Kano Pillars, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Andy Ezekiel
Kun Khalifat asked and Rivers 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Kun Khalifat
Hassan Olubode 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Daniel Collins joins the Kun Khalifat first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniel Collins is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Ibrahim Onyeka steps up from the Kun Khalifat academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ibrahim Onyeka 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Two points walk out of the ground
Level with 85 minutes on the clock, after an afternoon Kun Khalifat had all but put away. Remo Stars will call it a point earned; the home dressing room will call it two given away, and both of them are right.
In brief
- Squad Gabriel Lekan signs a new deal
- Transfer targets A loan move for Eshimitu Gomino Eya is in the works
- Match Kun Khalifat and Remo Stars take a point apiece