The El-Kanemi Warriors Courier
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Pedro Balotelli turns down El-Kanemi Warriors
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Novorizontino keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Musa Afeez 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 El-Kanemi Warriors this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match8 Aug 2026
Emmanuel Jonas’s goal not enough for El-Kanemi Warriors
Emmanuel Jonas scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑3 to Abia Warriors, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Ibrahim Obansa
El-Kanemi Warriors asked and Remo Stars said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Akinkunmi Iheanacho joins the El-Kanemi Warriors first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Akinkunmi Iheanacho 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
El-Kanemi Warriors promote Etebo Ademola from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Etebo Ademola has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
El-Kanemi Warriors promote Chukwuma Musa from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Chukwuma Musa has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
El-Kanemi Warriors promote Sunday Ogunjobi from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sunday Ogunjobi has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Ibrahim Yahaya runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
In brief
- Squad Costly mistake from Hakeem Otuyiga
- The dugout Ahmed Obi answers for it
- Squad Daniel Agara is a square peg at El-Kanemi Warriors