The El-Kanemi Warriors Courier
The dugout2 Nov 2026
Ibrahim Yahaya keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” El-Kanemi Warriors may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad2 Nov 2026
A falling-out at El-Kanemi Warriors
Emmanuel Nwabufo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad2 Nov 2026
A row about effort at El-Kanemi Warriors
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and David Idaiye was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Usman Abbas
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
Bakura Jibrin has been promised minutes
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Bakura Jibrin has written the date down.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
The manager comes out for Thankgod Ikeagwu
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Thankgod Ikeagwu has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
In brief
- Squad Extra work for David Habila at El-Kanemi Warriors
- Squad Wilfred Aribo is out on the grass again