Umar Muhammad

Central Midfielder - Kano Pillars
7 Nov 2027
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53 Edition

The Kano Pillars Gazette

2 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market2 Aug 2027

Umar Muhammad puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Kano Pillars, and it is not being withdrawn.

Player ratings2 Aug 2027

Mustapha Jawad beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 23. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Squad2 Aug 2027

Words exchanged at Kano Pillars

Aminu Mohammed and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Transfer targets2 Aug 2027

Frosinone tell Kano Pillars: Kevin Akpoguma 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.

Match31 Jul 2027

Kwara United take the points off Kano Pillars

Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Market2 Aug 2027

Ikorodu City watching Muttaka Musa

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Kano Pillars have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Squad2 Aug 2027

A row about effort at Kano Pillars

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

Player ratings2 Aug 2027

One of those days for Fabian Nworie

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.05, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad2 Aug 2027

Appearance number 100 for Ali Abdullahi

100 games in this shirt, through managers and relegations and everything else. Service like it is disappearing from the game and the crowd knows what it is watching.

In brief

  • The dugout No hiding place for Habibu Yakubu
  • The dugout No place for Abuchi Okeke on the big day
  • The dugout The manager’s verdict
Back issues
4 Edition

The Kano Pillars Gazette

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match19 Aug 2026

Kano Pillars march on in the cup

Abia Warriors are out and Kano Pillars go through, 2‑1 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.

Match22 Aug 2026

A 2-goal lead gone for Kano Pillars

It is a specific kind of quiet, a ground watching a winning position dissolve. Enyimba kept coming because nothing stopped them, and Kano Pillars will be asked about the last half hour all week.

Market24 Aug 2026

Ahmed Musa asks to leave Kano Pillars

“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.

Match19 Aug 2026

Junior Aliyu wins it after the whistle should have gone

117 minutes played. Junior Aliyu found the finish in time that only existed because of earlier delays, and Abia Warriors went from a point to nothing inside one movement.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

A brace, and Aminu Sani takes the afternoon — 8.00

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Aminu Sani provided it, and the 8.00 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

A debut Umar Muhammad will not forget — 7.26

There is exactly one of these per career and it does not usually go like this. 0 on the scoresheet, 7.26 beside the name, and a crowd that had never seen him before chanting it by the end.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Serge Obassa stands alone

7 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Market24 Aug 2026

Muhammed Usman turns El-Kanemi Warriors down

“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.

Market24 Aug 2026

Kano Pillars say no — this time

The offer from El-Kanemi Warriors for Abuchi Okeke was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

In brief