The Barau Courier
Market10 Aug 2026
Joseph Kemin agrees terms with Wikki Tourists
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Barau people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Chisom Chiaha signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Chisom Chiaha and Barau agree another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Barau
Anthony Omaka and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match8 Aug 2026
Ikorodu City take the points off Barau
Beaten 1‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market10 Aug 2026
Barau promote Abdullahi Abdullahi from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Abdullahi Abdullahi 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
Dennis Awoniyi steps up from the Barau academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Dennis Awoniyi 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Leon Ajayi steps up from the Barau academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Leon Ajayi 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Barau training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Idris Saidu 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
7 new faces, and Barau are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
In brief
- The dugout Ndidi Osimhen answers for it
- Transfer targets Barau try to borrow Don-Pedro Samuel
- Player ratings Idris Saidu beats them one at a time