Lius Dadong

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Marked for Lius Dadong

18 Edition

The Kano Pillars Gazette

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad30 Nov 2026

A fracture rules Abdullahi Shehu out for 94 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Kano Pillars will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad30 Nov 2026

Aminu Mohammed 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 Kano Pillars this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad30 Nov 2026

A row about effort at Kano Pillars

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ahmed Musa was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout30 Nov 2026

The manager makes an example of Lius Dadong

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

The dugout30 Nov 2026

Aminu Mohammed knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Kano Pillars, and both men came out saying it was fine.

The dugout30 Nov 2026

Abuchi Okeke has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Kano Pillars will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

In brief

Back issues
6 Edition

The Kano Pillars Gazette

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market7 Sep 2026

Habibu Yakubu hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Kano Pillars can pretend not to have heard.

Boardroom7 Sep 2026

Window shuts: 0 in, 14 out at Kano Pillars

The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 0 arrived, 14 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.

Transfer targets7 Sep 2026

Patrick turns down Kano Pillars

The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Atlético Mineiro keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.

Squad7 Sep 2026

A row about effort at Kano Pillars

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ahmed Musa was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Transfer targets7 Sep 2026

Kano Pillars rebuffed over Yunusa Muritala

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Sigma Olomouc have kept their man, and Kano Pillars go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Market7 Sep 2026

Wikki Tourists join the queue for Charles Tambe

Add another name to the list: Wikki Tourists have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Charles Tambe. The answer from Kano Pillars has not changed — yet.

The dugout7 Sep 2026

No hiding place for Aminu Mohammed

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Aminu Mohammed, and the manager let it.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Mustapha Jawad is the division's best young player this month

At 21 he has spent a month being better than everybody his age in the league, which is a different and harder thing than one good afternoon. Kano Pillars will try very hard not to make too much of it.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Abuchi Okeke stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Abuchi Okeke and Kano Pillars agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

In brief

3 Edition

The Kano Pillars Gazette

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad17 Aug 2026

Abuchi Okeke keeps Kano Pillars in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Ayuba Mukhtar could not have asked for more on his first appearance — 7.23

Debuts are survived rather than enjoyed. This one was enjoyed: 7.23, 1 goals, and a manager already being asked whether he starts again next week.

Market17 Aug 2026

Kano Pillars turn down Rivers United for Abuchi Okeke

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

The paperwork begins on Shola Ogundana

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Kano Pillars have done the hard part with Dynamo Kyiv, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Squad17 Aug 2026

A falling-out at Kano Pillars

Chiedozie Okorie and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Words at Kano Pillars training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ahmed Musa 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.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Novorizontino tell Kano Pillars: Pedro Balotelli is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Fabian Nworie

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Fabian Nworie, and the manager let it.

Match15 Aug 2026

Honours even between Kano Pillars and Warri Wolves

2‑2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

In brief

  • Transfer targets A loan move for Diogo Batista is in the works
  • The dugout The manager’s verdict
  • Market Charles Tambe is free to find somewhere else