The Kun Khalifat Chronicle
Match2 Jan 2027
10 matches without a win for Kun Khalifat
The run now stands at 10, and the questions being asked around Kun Khalifat are no longer polite ones.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Akpan Nsikak-Abong stands alone
6 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
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
The paperwork begins on Zalli Abdullahi
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Kun Khalifat have done the hard part with Rivers United, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Real improvement from Abah Chinonso at Kun Khalifat
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Abah Chinonso is 22, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Boardroom4 Jan 2027
2 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 come up short against Bendel Insurance
Bendel Insurance left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
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
Olayinka Dennis steps up from the Kun Khalifat academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Olayinka Dennis 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 Ibrahim Eguavoen steps up from the Kun Khalifat academy
- Match Kun Khalifat hit back inside 3 minutes
- The dugout Michael Akano gets it from the manager