The Kun Khalifat Chronicle
Squad4 Jan 2027
A fracture rules Adamu Mohammad out for 23 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Kun Khalifat will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market4 Jan 2027
Chikamso Amaefula hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Kun Khalifat can pretend not to have heard.
The dugout4 Jan 2027
Hassan Olubode says Kun Khalifat went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Transfer targets4 Jan 2027
Ibrahim Obansa is a medical away from Kun Khalifat
The deal with Remo Stars is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Real improvement from James Ebuka at Kun Khalifat
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. James Ebuka is 21, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Boardroom4 Jan 2027
3 academy graduates step up at Kun Khalifat
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.
Match2 Jan 2027
Kun Khalifat cannot find the net
3 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
Squad4 Jan 2027
A falling-out at Kun Khalifat
Michael Akano and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market4 Jan 2027
Sunday Nwankwo steps up from the Kun Khalifat academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sunday Nwankwo 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.
In brief
- Market Anthony Dennis steps up from the Kun Khalifat academy
- Market Kun Khalifat promote Moses Umar from within
- Match Kun Khalifat come up short against Bendel Insurance