The Rivers United Herald
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
A brace, and Maclyn Biokpo Jenewari takes the afternoon — 8.21
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Maclyn Biokpo Jenewari provided it, and the 8.21 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A move Samson Obi would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Samson Obi is living that version at Rivers United, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Stephen Manyo stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Stephen Manyo and Rivers United agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market3 Aug 2026
Samson Obi is a Rivers United player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Aniekeme Okon 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 Rivers United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match1 Aug 2026
6 goals as Rivers United and Bendel Insurance go for it
Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 6 goals between Rivers United and Bendel Insurance, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.
Match1 Aug 2026
Bendel Insurance take the points off Rivers United
Beaten 2‑4, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Aniekeme Okon runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
The terraces3 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Maclyn Biokpo Jenewari
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
In brief
- Squad The manager makes an example of Stephen Manyo
- Market Still no ink between Rivers United and Aniekeme Okon
- Player ratings The cruellest goal, and it is Chijioke Mbaoma's