The Kano Pillars Gazette
Market4 Jan 2027
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.
The dugout4 Jan 2027
Habibu Yakubu 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.
Market4 Jan 2027
Katsina United come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Kano Pillars did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad4 Jan 2027
The step up is real for Ibrahim Inuwa
At 22 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Squad4 Jan 2027
A falling-out at Kano Pillars
Ali Abdullahi and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom4 Jan 2027
3 academy graduates step up at Kano Pillars
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Transfer targets4 Jan 2027
Kano Pillars rebuffed over Tashreeq Matthews
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Mamelodi Sundowns have kept their man, and Kano Pillars go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market4 Jan 2027
Ali Abdullahi told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Ali Abdullahi has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Kano Pillars.
Market4 Jan 2027
Sunday Ejuke steps up from the Kano Pillars academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sunday Ejuke has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Match Niger Tornadoes snatch it back from Kano Pillars
- Transfer targets Kano Pillars ask about Arthur Sales
- Transfer targets A loan move for Siyanda Ndlovu is in the works