The Warri Wolves Courier
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Othuke Egbo runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 26. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market10 Aug 2026
Only the photograph left for David Joseph
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. David Joseph will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Warri Wolves the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
David Joseph signs for Rivers United while still at Warri Wolves
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. David Joseph has agreed terms with Rivers United for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Warri Wolves
Henry Ndedi and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Warri Wolves rebuffed over Suraju Lawal
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Abia Warriors have kept their man, and Warri Wolves go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Warri Wolves promote Henry Umar from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Henry Umar 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
Jamilu Chukwueze steps up from the Warri Wolves academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jamilu Chukwueze 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
One of our own: Ebere Ogu joins the Warri Wolves first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ebere Ogu is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Vincent Edafe
“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.
In brief
- Match Warri Wolves rescue it on 89 minutes
- Squad Henry Ndedi is a square peg at Warri Wolves
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Igbunu Evwierhurhoma