The Kano Pillars Gazette
Squad4 Jan 2027
A fracture rules Ahmed Musa out for 123 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Kano Pillars will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market4 Jan 2027
Chiedozie Okorie 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.
The dugout4 Jan 2027
Abdullahi Abubakar: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Kano Pillars have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad4 Jan 2027
A falling-out at Kano Pillars
Abuchi Okeke 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
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Kano Pillars
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Transfer targets4 Jan 2027
Kano Pillars rebuffed over Elijah Benedict
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Portimonense have kept their man, and Kano Pillars go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market4 Jan 2027
Osayi Collins steps up from the Kano Pillars academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Osayi Collins 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.
Market4 Jan 2027
One of our own: Chidozie Musa joins the Kano Pillars first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Chidozie Musa is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market4 Jan 2027
One of our own: Oscar Iheanacho joins the Kano Pillars first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Oscar Iheanacho is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Match A bad afternoon for Kano Pillars against Niger Tornadoes
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Fabian Nworie
- The dugout Osayi Nwankwo faces the questions