It’s Matchday! Sundays during the NPFL season carry their own rhythm. Christmas might be creeping in as markets are packed, roads jammed with fresh “December cars,” and decorations springing up everywhere but no matter how chaotic things get, Nigerian football fans somehow still reserve space in their hearts (and schedules) […]
Good day! Saturday, like every other day of the week, keeps its promise and shows up every seven days without fail. Just like rain must fall, tax must be paid, thunder must grumble before lightning flashes, and every living soul must one day answer the final call. These things are […]
Good day All. It is the first Friday of December, and Christmas is already tiptoeing into view. Normally, this period should smell like harmattan, roasted corn, and that familiar December joy, but Aba is busy giving us rain in a month reserved for cracked lips and white fog. Elsewhere, people […]
Football pundits always say being a football manager is the worst career choice if you want job security. They are not wrong. Coaches get sacked everywhere, all the time, because football clubs always believe the next guy will fix what the last guy broke. Enyimba is no different. A club […]
Good morning All. It is midweek already and it appears December is on a mission to finish in record time. I want to begin by apologizing for the no-show on the blog yesterday. It was simply one of those days where everything said, “Not today, sir.” The weather’s crazy negative […]
The Elephant Park crackled with tension and tradition as Enyimba FC hosted Rangers International in another fiery edition of the Oriental Derby. Aba’s famous ground was packed, the air heavy with rivalry, and the stakes as high as ever between two of Nigeria’s most storied football clubs. This was not […]
The Oriental Derby could not have arrived at a better moment for Enyimba. After the disappointing loss to Katsina United in Ilorin and a growing cloud of frustration around the club, the People’s Elephant desperately needed a result that would steady nerves and restore belief. Pressure sat heavily on interim […]