The El-Kanemi Warriors Courier
Market7 Sep 2026
Usman Abbas asks to leave El-Kanemi Warriors
“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.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Deadline passes with 23 signed and 19 gone
That is the business done at El-Kanemi Warriors 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Wasiu Jimoh 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 El-Kanemi Warriors this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
Door shut on Ovie Ejaria
El-Kanemi Warriors asked and Oviedo said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
No hiding place for Risilanu Ismail
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Risilanu Ismail, and the manager let it.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Home comes calling for Hilary Gong
A club from his own country has asked the question, and he has never pretended he did not want to be asked. El-Kanemi Warriors have a conversation ahead of them that they will not win with money.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Usman Abubakar signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Usman Abubakar and El-Kanemi Warriors agree another 3 years.
Market7 Sep 2026
Still no ink between El-Kanemi Warriors and Wisdom Magbisa
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at El-Kanemi Warriors, another week without a signature from Wisdom Magbisa.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
Thankgod Ikeagwu knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Thankgod Ikeagwu trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- The dugout When it matters, Tosin Olawale plays
- Squad The weekend belonged to Suleiman Abdullahi
- Looking ahead Chinedu Chukwu faces his old club