The El-Kanemi Warriors Courier
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Waliu Ojetoye would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Waliu Ojetoye is living that version at El-Kanemi Warriors, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Hakeem Otuyiga keeps El-Kanemi Warriors in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market10 Aug 2026
Only the photograph left for Bakura Jibrin
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Bakura Jibrin will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around El-Kanemi Warriors the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Bakura Jibrin has agreed to leave El-Kanemi Warriors for nothing
He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Mfon Rowland will join El-Kanemi Warriors for nothing
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Mfon Rowland has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means El-Kanemi Warriors have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at El-Kanemi Warriors training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Waliu Ojetoye 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Shehu Eze steps up from the El-Kanemi Warriors academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Shehu Eze 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
Chidera Abacha steps up from the El-Kanemi Warriors academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Chidera Abacha 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
El-Kanemi Warriors promote Calvin Iheanacho from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Calvin Iheanacho 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.
In brief
- Squad A falling-out at El-Kanemi Warriors
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Ibrahim Yahaya
- Transfer targets El-Kanemi Warriors ask about Kammonke Willie