The Barau Courier
Market10 Aug 2026
Barau turn down Wa All Stars for Oscar Destiny
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Barau promote Henry Kalu from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Henry Kalu 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
One of our own: Umar Omeruo joins the Barau first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Umar Omeruo 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
Kelechi Umar steps up from the Barau academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Kelechi Umar 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Late, late show earns Barau a point
Minute 91, against Katsina United, and a goal that felt like a win to everybody who had stayed. It was a draw. Nobody leaving the ground will describe it as one.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Barau
Jimmy Ambrose was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match8 Aug 2026
Barau and Katsina United take a point apiece
It finished 2‑2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody on the pitch touched Godwin Akpo
7.53, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Barau had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.
In brief
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- The dugout Chisom Chiaha knocks on the manager’s door
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Emeka Nwabulu