The Nasarawa United Gazette
Market24 Sep 2035
Sunday Dapma 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.
Market24 Sep 2035
Mamady Condé asks to leave Nasarawa United
“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 dugout24 Sep 2035
Simon Dennis 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.
Squad24 Sep 2035
Words at Nasarawa United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jofrank Istifanus is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match22 Sep 2035
Ikorodu City take the points off Nasarawa United
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Match22 Sep 2035
The run is over for Nasarawa United
4 matches without defeat, and then Ikorodu City. Nobody at the ground pretended it would go on forever; nobody expected it to stop here either.
Squad24 Sep 2035
Words exchanged at Nasarawa United
Daniel Ogu and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The dugout24 Sep 2035
The view from the dugout
“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 0‑2 defeat, delivered by Olisa Lawal to a room that had heard them before.
Squad24 Sep 2035
Peter Ogunjobi stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Peter Ogunjobi and Nasarawa United agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
In brief
- The dugout Sunday Dapma has become a man the manager trusts
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Adebayo Kalu
- Looking ahead Emmanuel Olisa goes back to face Bayelsa United