Kano Pillars Football Club has announced the resignation of its Technical Adviser, Usman Abdallah, with immediate effect. In a statement on Thursday, the club said that Abdallah cited personal reasons for his decision to vacate the role. According to the club, the coach informed management that he had received a significant opportunity which he said could not be combined with …

They lifted him shoulder high and others jostled to get a selfie as he struggled to get down and free himself from the admiring mob of fans at the end of the Matchday 6 fixture. Akwa United had just beaten the visiting Kano Pillars 2-0 and it was made more interesting by the fact that Coach Baba Ganaru was winning …

Super Eagles captain Ahmed Musa is in contention to make his third debut for former champions Kano Pillars when they host Sunshine Stars in a Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) match-day five fixture at the Muhammadu Dikko Stadium in Katsina on Sunday. Musa and Nigeria midfielder Shehu Abdullahi rejoined the Sai Masu Gidas on short-term contracts for the 2024/25 season. …

In eight matches on Sunday, 18 goals were recorded as the Week 1 of the 2024/25 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) were played in various centres. There were two games with a scoreline of 3-0 each: Kano Pillars against Ikorodu City, and Sunshine versus Bayelsa United. Three away wins were recorded as Enyimba came from behind to beat their hosts, Heartland …

Kano State Governor, Mallam Abba Kabir Yusuf has approved the appointment of a new management team for Kano Pillars Football Club. This followed the recent expiration and subsequent dissolution of the previous Kano Pillars Football Club management board. The governor stated this in a statement by his spokesperson, Sunusi Tofa, on Sunday. The new board members will serve for an …

The Matchday 28 fixture of this season’s Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) between Kano Pillars and Shooting Stars will now hold on Monday, a day earlier that scheduled. According to sources, the match, which will take place at Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano, was postponed due to logistics constraints. Shooting Stars are targeting their second away win of this season when they …

Kano Pillars were on Monday fined N1 million for their supporters’ encroachment onto the field of play during the MatchDay 4 fixture against Rivers United. Heartland of Owerri were also issued a stern warning to curb their restive supporters, and advised to organise reorientation for them to inculcate the spirit of fair play. The Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) reached …

Four-time Nigerian premier league champions, Kano Pillars have been relegated. And this happened even before the last matches of the 2021/22 season are played across 10 centres on Sunday. Pillars lost their case at the Appeals Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), which dismissed all grounds of appeal by, meaning that the Court of Arbitration for Sports in Switzerland …

Kano Pillars will lose three points for “repeated breaches of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) Framework and Rules”. The team have also been banished to MKO Abiola Stadium in Abuja for their remaining home matches in the current season, while the Sani Abacha Stadium is indefinitely closed down to league games. Kano Pillars have seven home matches remaining this …

Fifteen rounds of matches to wrap up the season, it’s becoming tighter at the back. Five of the concluded seven fixtures on Saturday ended in shared honours, two with barren outcomes. The eighth match, which happens to be the first game for Kano Pillars back on their home ground in two years, ended in controversy. Match officials reportedly stopped the …