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  • Ohanachom dumps El Kanemi for Enyimba

    Ohanachom dumps El Kanemi for Enyimba

    El Kanemi Warriors striker Chinedu Ohanachom has joined Enyimba FC for the 2016/2017 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), SportingLife can report.

    Information from Maiduguri revealed that the Borno Army star player last season has resumed at the Enyimba FC training camp.

    The club’s media manager, Anthony Obaseki, who confirmed the report to SportingLife said the management of both clubs were in the final discussion on Ohanachom’ clearance.

    “As I speak with you now, Chinedu Ohanachom is no longer with us, in fact, before the season starts his clearance will be ready for him to play for Enyimba FC,” Obaseki confirmed to SportingLife.

    “Our chairman is like a father to all the players so he takes care of all the players and as I speaks with you now we are set for the new season and we are going to close camping next week. We have also signed some big stars from the league. We are in final talk with their management and once we are through we will announce their names,” he disclosed.

  • Benin Republic to hit Aba with over 50 people

    Benin Republic to hit Aba with over 50 people

    Enyimba FC opponents in the CAF Champions League preliminary round first leg tie, Buffles du Borgou of Benin Republic are not taken the game lightly as they will be storming Aba the venue of the Sunday tie on Friday with over 50 persons including players and officials of the club and that of the Benin FA.

    The People’s Elephant’s Chairman, Felix Anyansi Agwu has charged the club’s fans to remain calm ahead of the tie insisting that the away team would be beaten at Aba with wide margins before the second leg tie.

    Anyansi revealed to SportingLife that an official of Buffles du Borgou informed them through the Nigeria Football Federation(NFF) that they would be arriving the country on Friday and that they are coming in with over 50 persons.

    Anyansi also revealed that issues relating to players’ lingering unpaid entitlements are being resolved and that it won’t disturb the team’s resolve to beat their visitors with as many goals as possible so as to render the second leg a mere formality in Benin Republic.

    Enyimba won the CAF Champions League twice in succession in 2003 and 2004 but they were not allowed to take part in the FIFA World Club Competition and their new motivation is to triumph again so as to feature in it this year.

  • Victor Ezeji on trials with Kano Pillars

    Victor Ezeji on trials with Kano Pillars

    SportingLife can exclusively report that the veteran league striker, victor Ezeji is currently undergoing trials with league champions, Kano Pillars with the aim of joining them for the 2013/2014 Glo league season.

    Feelers from the Pyramid City side revealed that the Rivers State-born forward arrived in Kano last week and he has been participating in the team’s pre-season training session.

    Ezeji, it was gathered, returned from Europe where he had gone for trials, when his move failed.

    “Ezeji has been participating in all the training sessions with other players. He has shown professionalism in everything he is doing since he arrived in Kano. The club has the intention of signing him because his experience in the league over the years will be of advantage to Pillars,” a top Kano Pillars official told SportingLife.

    The prolific attacker has also played for Sharks, Eagle Cement (now Dolphins), Enyimba FC and Dolphins FC.

    He had a one year stint with Club Africain of Tunisia in 2007.

    The legendry forward has won many honours for himself since he made his debut in the Nigeria league against defunct Jasper United in 2006.

    He won two league titles with Enyimba FC and Dolphins FC in 2003 and 2004 respectively.

    He was part of the heroic players that won CAF Champions League with Enyimba FC, the first time a Nigerian club won the trophy, in 2003 and Runner-up CAF Confederation Cup in 2005 with Dolphins FC.

    The 34-year old winger won FA in 2004, 2006 and 2007 with Dolphins FC.

  • We won’t fail in Togo – Amapakabo

    For 73 minutes last Sunday, six-time Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) champions, Enyimba FC tried in vain to breach the backline of plucky Togolese club, Anges de Notsè in a first leg preliminary round CAF Champions League game.

    A brace by Sibi Gwar in the final seven minutes in the game and one other from Kingsley Sokari eventually sealed a memorable 3-1 win for the People’s Elephant in Aba.

    Vincent Orode had earlier put Anges in front while the anxious Enyimba supporters collectively held their breath until late heroics from their forward men averted a major upset.

    Assistant coach of Enyimba, Imama Amapakabo believes Enyimba started the first leg in uncharacteristic fashion and has promised that things will be different in the return fixture today.

    “We altered our tactics in that first leg in Aba. We only reverted to our original tactics towards the end (of the game) and the results are clear for all to see.

    “A lot of the players were too passive in the first half and that was chiefly responsible for the goal they (Anges) scored. We became aggressive in the second half and got the desired result,” Amapakabo told supersport.com.

    Amapakabo then took the time to identify the opposition players who could create problems for his charges in the second leg in Lome.

    “It will be foolish for any coach not to worry about Orode. He’s very intelligent and experienced.

    “Junior Dobatse also did very well for them. In all, we now understand their tactics. They started with a 4-4-2 and reverted to a 4-2-4 later in the game.

    “Their coach is not afraid to tweak things but that will play into our hands in the return leg because they will be bolder and that will open up the spaces that will enable us win the game,” he said.

  • Kaduna Utd sign Bala, Effiom, James

    Kaduna Utd sign Bala, Effiom, James

    • Onoja, 11 others
    • Sack 26, retain 24, four quit

    Enyimba FC trio of Yahuza Bala, Maxwell Effiom and Junior James have joined Kaduna United on loan deals ahead of the Glo Nigeria Premier League season.

    The club’s media officer, Mohammed Suleiman told SportingLife that the players were among the new faces expected to ply their trade with the club next season.

    Suleiman said the club’s head coach, Ben Duamlong released a 15-man list of players selected after a month of screening shortly after the team defeated amateur side, Sarduana FC 3-1 in a friendly match on Thursday.

    According to him, top on the list of new players were ex-Ahly winger, Sunday Ibeji and former Gombe United winger, Marshall Ani. Also listed is returning winger, Peter Onoja who spent the second half of last season on loan at Nasarawa United.

    Others are Nura Suleiman, Sunday Alasco, Andrew Ikefe, Emma Onu, Hosea Ayuba, Akporido Solomon, Gabriel Sunday, Lawal Giwa and Alex Onu.

    The club’s image maker also told SportingLife that 26 players have been sacked from last season’s team, with four leaving for greener pastures while 24 players were retained.

    The Crocodile Boys will continue their build up to the start of the Nigeria National League (NNL) with friendly games slated against NNL sides Ranchers Bees, DSS, Mighty Jets and Court of Appeal to be played from Friday to Sunday.

  • Super Cup: Supporters Club boss hails Enyimba’s feat

    Super Cup: Supporters Club boss hails Enyimba’s feat

    Enyimba Fc Supporters Club President, Steve Ukwueni, says Enyimba Fc have proved again why they deserved to have won the league last season with their recent 2-0 win over Kano Pillars in the Super Cup.

    The Super Cup fixture is a tie between the domestic league title holder and the Federation Cup winners.

    The “Peoples’ Elephant” defeated the “Kano Aristocrats” on Thursday in at the Warri Township stadium with goals from Ifeanyi Ede and Sibi Gwar and Ukwueni believes the victory has distinguished Enyimba as true Champions.

    “Yes, the whole world can see why we would have been crowned the League champions in the the just concluded season.

    “We defeated Kano Pillars in an open game, this is the champion of champion fixture, and we once again proved our superiority, irrespective of what happened last season in the league. I believe we’ve justified our claims here.

    The Supporters club boss is confident that Enyimba are fully prepared for another trophy parade this season.

    It could be recalled that, the Governor of Abia State, Chief T.A Orji had promised the team that he will reward them again if they won the Super Cup, and the “Aba Landlords” will once again smile to the bank as the governor has promised to fulfil his promise.

    Enyimba hold the record as 6 times Nigerian premier league champions and also the only Nigerian team to have won the CAF Champions league back to back in 2003 and 2004.