Umar Osimhen

Left Midfielder - Kano Pillars U18
17 Mar 2033
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309 Edition

The Kano Pillars Gazette

28 Jun 2032
From our football correspondent Steady

Market28 Jun 2032

Bright Osayi-Samuel agrees terms with Katsina United

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Kano Pillars people have started saying his name in the past tense.

Squad28 Jun 2032

Lekan Malik 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.

Transfer targets28 Jun 2032

Door shut on Chizoba Okoh

Kano Pillars asked and Maccabi Haifa said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Match26 Jun 2032

Kano Pillars see off Kun Khalifat

Three points for Kano Pillars, 2‑0 the final word against Kun Khalifat in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad28 Jun 2032

Mustapha Umar is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.23 with 9 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Player ratings28 Jun 2032

Mustapha Umar stands above it all

Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.82 on the card, and the Kano Pillars support went home talking about one name.

The dugout28 Jun 2032

The view from the dugout

“We controlled it. There were spells I did not like and we will look at them, but the group showed me something.” Interim Coach, on a 2‑0 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.

The dugout28 Jun 2032

Ugochukwu David gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Ugochukwu David is on it.

Squad28 Jun 2032

Umar Osimhen is the weekend's best young player

At 18 he is being measured against the rest of the division's kids and coming out in front. The senior version of this award is where the club would like this to lead.

In brief

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304 Edition

The Kano Pillars Gazette

24 May 2032
From our football correspondent Steady

Match22 May 2032

Nobody wins at Kano Pillars

14 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.

The dugout24 May 2032

Umar Osimhen says Kano Pillars went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market24 May 2032

Sunday Nwakali has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Kano Pillars they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad24 May 2032

A falling-out at Kano Pillars

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

Squad24 May 2032

Efa Enabulele falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Player ratings24 May 2032

Nobody could get near Mustapha Umar

Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

The dugout24 May 2032

Interim Coach on the point

“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Interim Coach after the 0‑0 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.

Market24 May 2032

Victor Eze is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Kano Pillars has been clear about where Victor Eze stands, which is more than many ever get.

The dugout24 May 2032

The manager makes an example of Isandu Danjuma

“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.

In brief

296 Edition

The Kano Pillars Gazette

29 Mar 2032
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market29 Mar 2032

Oghenekaro Ebuehi 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.

Market29 Mar 2032

Sunday Nwakali is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Kano Pillars is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad29 Mar 2032

A falling-out at Kano Pillars

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

Squad29 Mar 2032

Kano Pillars count the cost of losing Ola Obi

25 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Squad29 Mar 2032

Bright Osayi-Samuel out for 29 days

The medical room confirms 29 days on the sidelines for Bright Osayi-Samuel, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

The dugout29 Mar 2032

The manager makes an example of Ugochukwu David

“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.

Market29 Mar 2032

The Efa Enabulele talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Kano Pillars know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

The dugout29 Mar 2032

Michael Wairimu gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Michael Wairimu is on it.

Market29 Mar 2032

Efa Enabulele runs his contract down

5 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Kano Pillars money.

In brief