The Enyimba Sentinel
Squad13 Sep 2032
35 days out for Seyi Adegbite after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Enyimba will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market13 Sep 2032
Isaac Enoghama has said yes to Kwara United
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Enyimba have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Player ratings13 Sep 2032
Kelechi Akpan, 19, steals the show — 7.90
Marked 7.90 at 19, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Market13 Sep 2032
Taiwo Osimhen asks to leave Enyimba
“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.
Squad13 Sep 2032
Tempers go at Enyimba
Joel Ezra 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.
The terraces13 Sep 2032
Enyimba supporters have found a favourite in Kelechi Akpan
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 19-year-old it feels ownership of. Kelechi Akpan 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.
Player ratings13 Sep 2032
Jamilu Olagunju was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 19. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Market13 Sep 2032
One of our own: Kelechi Ogunjobi joins the Enyimba first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Kelechi Ogunjobi is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market13 Sep 2032
Kenneth Balogun steps up from the Enyimba academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Kenneth Balogun 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
- Squad Ethan Garcia gifts one
- Squad Louis Enahoro-Marcus is a square peg at Enyimba
- Match Kelechi Akpan rescues a point for Enyimba