The Kano Pillars Gazette
Market30 Nov 2026
Idris Bashir 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.
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
Words at Kano Pillars training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Idris Bashir 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.
The dugout30 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Junior Aliyu
“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
The manager makes Lius Dadong a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Kano Pillars. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
The dugout30 Nov 2026
Abuchi Okeke asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
In brief
- Squad Questions about Hamisu Ibrahim on the training pitch
- Squad The penny has dropped for Muttaka Musa
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Zayyad Musa