Simon Eze

Central Defender - Katsina United U18
11 Feb 2028
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The Katsina United Herald

3 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Samson Obi takes the match ball home

3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.

Market

Sani Faisal puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Katsina United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Joshua Enaholo

There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

The dugout

Hassan Abubakar: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Katsina United have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Boardroom

5 academy players handed senior numbers at Katsina United

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.

Player ratings

Samson Obi in the eights

A performance of 9.45 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Match

Katsina United get the job done against El-Kanemi Warriors

A 3‑1 win over El-Kanemi Warriors, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

Afeez Bankole in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Katsina United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The terraces

Katsina United supporters have found a favourite in Muhammad Suleiman

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 19-year-old it feels ownership of. Muhammad Suleiman has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

In brief