The Kano Pillars Gazette
Market13 Sep 2027
Mohammad Mukhtar 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 dugout13 Sep 2027
Suleman Garba: 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.
Match11 Sep 2027
The wait goes on for Kano Pillars
4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Ali Abdullahi 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.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Words at Kano Pillars training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mustapha Umar 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.
Match11 Sep 2027
A bad afternoon for Kano Pillars against Remo Stars
0‑2 to Remo Stars, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market13 Sep 2027
One of our own: Shehu Lawal joins the Kano Pillars first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Shehu Lawal is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market13 Sep 2027
One of our own: Frank Oduya joins the Kano Pillars first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Frank Oduya is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market13 Sep 2027
One of our own: Ola Ajayi joins the Kano Pillars first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ola Ajayi is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Aminu Mohammed
- Player ratings Mustapha Jawad was unplayable
- Squad Abuchi Okeke gifts one