The Kun Khalifat Chronicle
Market3 Jan 2028
Chinonso Romanus asks to leave Kun Khalifat
“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 dugout3 Jan 2028
Joseph Ameh 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.
Squad3 Jan 2028
Tempers go at Kun Khalifat
Akpan Nsikak-Abong 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.
Boardroom3 Jan 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Kun Khalifat
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad3 Jan 2028
A row about effort at Kun Khalifat
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Gabriel Lekan was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market3 Jan 2028
One of our own: Ebere Umar joins the Kun Khalifat first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ebere Umar is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market3 Jan 2028
Ndidi Bassey steps up from the Kun Khalifat academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ndidi Bassey 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.
Market3 Jan 2028
Kun Khalifat promote Ibrahim Onuachu from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ibrahim Onuachu 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.
Match1 Jan 2028
Kun Khalifat hit back inside 2 minutes
Bendel Insurance held the lead for 2 minutes, which is not long enough to enjoy it. Kun Khalifat answered before the celebration had properly finished, and the shape of the afternoon changed with it.
In brief
- Squad Jerry Ogu signs a new deal
- Transfer targets A loan move for Moses Agbo is in the works
- Transfer targets Kun Khalifat try to borrow Visham Ayuba