Samuel Ogunjobi

Central Defender - Nasarawa United
15 Sep 2031
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266 Edition

The Nasarawa United Gazette

1 Sep 2031
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market1 Sep 2031

Nazif Abdullahi agrees terms with Abia Warriors

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Nasarawa United people have started saying his name in the past tense.

Market1 Sep 2031

Nasarawa United say no — this time

The offer from Bendel Insurance for Daniel Ifeanyichukwu was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Match30 Aug 2031

Whatever happens, Nasarawa United do not lose

9 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.

Boardroom1 Sep 2031

Deadline passes with 8 signed and 4 gone

That is the business done at Nasarawa United until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.

Squad1 Sep 2031

A falling-out at Nasarawa United

Umar Ada and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Transfer targets1 Sep 2031

Door shut on Joshua Baba

Nasarawa United asked and Molde said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad1 Sep 2031

A row about effort at Nasarawa United

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Nazif Abdullahi was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Match30 Aug 2031

Nasarawa United get the job done against Kun Khalifat

A 1‑0 win over Kun Khalifat, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Player ratings1 Sep 2031

Timothy Zechariah was the difference for Nasarawa United

Marked 7.76. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.

In brief

Back issues
244 Edition

The Nasarawa United Gazette

31 Mar 2031
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout31 Mar 2031

Chukwuma Ukoh says Nasarawa United 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.

Market31 Mar 2031

Ebuka Anthony is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Nasarawa United is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad31 Mar 2031

Tempers go at Nasarawa United

Sunusi Audu 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.

Squad31 Mar 2031

Mamady Condé falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The dugout31 Mar 2031

Ojo Johnson back under a manager who knows him

The new man at Nasarawa United has worked with Ojo Johnson before and it went well. He arrives with a view of the player already formed, which is worth more than any pre-season.

The dugout31 Mar 2031

When it matters, Sunday Dapma plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

The dugout31 Mar 2031

The manager makes an example of Calum Barnes

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market31 Mar 2031

The Umar Ada question follows Nasarawa United around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Umar Ada’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

Squad31 Mar 2031

“I want to play”: Calum Barnes speaks

“I respect the manager and I am not going to sit here and pretend I am happy.” It is the most common sentence in football and it has never once been the end of a story.

In brief