The Nasarawa United Gazette
Market4 Jan 2027
Salomon Chigoziem asks to leave Nasarawa United
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
The dugout4 Jan 2027
Collins Onovughe keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Nasarawa United may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Match2 Jan 2027
Nasarawa United cannot stop winning
3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Nasarawa United
Umar Ada 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.
Boardroom4 Jan 2027
2 academy graduates step up at Nasarawa United
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Market4 Jan 2027
Collins Onovughe attracts admirers
The name of Collins Onovughe has come up in conversations Nasarawa United were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Match2 Jan 2027
Nasarawa United see off Kwara United
Three points for Nasarawa United, 3‑1 the final word against Kwara United in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Player ratings4 Jan 2027
Nobody could get near Austin Onyemaechi
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market4 Jan 2027
Nasarawa United promote Umar Abdullahi from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Umar 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.
In brief
- Market Musa Bassey steps up from the Nasarawa United academy
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Austin Onyemaechi
- Match Kwara United blown away early