The Kano Pillars Gazette
Match19 Jun 2027
Kun Khalifat punish Kano Pillars for switching off
2 goals to the good, and then a slow surrender of everything that had been earned. Aminu Mohammed will not be the one blamed for it, but nobody at Kano Pillars escapes the conversation that follows a collapse like this.
Market21 Jun 2027
Terms done: Charles Tambe is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Bayelsa United waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Kano Pillars is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Player ratings21 Jun 2027
Vintage Ahmed Musa — 7.97
At 34 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 7.97, and nobody on the pitch better.
The dugout21 Jun 2027
Usaini Ahmad keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Kano Pillars may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market21 Jun 2027
Umar Ismail 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.
Market21 Jun 2027
Kano Pillars turn down Shooting Stars for Muhammed Usman
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Boardroom21 Jun 2027
Suleman Garba signs for Rangers International while still at Kano Pillars
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Suleman Garba has agreed terms with Rangers International for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Market21 Jun 2027
Only the photograph left for Suleman Garba
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Suleman Garba will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Kano Pillars the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Ahmed Musa is in the form of his life
A season average of 7.32 with 15 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
In brief
- Squad Abdullahi Musa in a row with a teammate
- Match 6 unbeaten for Kano Pillars
- Transfer targets Kano Pillars rebuffed over Kristiyan Balov