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  • Ahmed Musa set to dump Kano pillars, may complete Turkey move this week

    Ahmed Musa set to dump Kano pillars, may complete Turkey move this week

    Super Eagles skipper Ahmed Musa is set to exit NPFL giants Kano Pillars in order to complete his summer transfer to a club-side in the Turkish Super Lig in the new week.

    Complete Sports had exclusively reported last month that a Turkish Super Lig club offered Musa a mouth-watering one-year deal that is worth €2.2m (1.05 billion naira).

    According to an American-based agent, Justus who failed to disclose the identity of the Turkish outfit, “the club first offered Musa €2m a year but he turned it down.

    “The president of the club said that they could not go above that amount due to the coronavirus-induced financial problems every club in Europe is facing,” Justus told Complete Sports.

    “However, the club’s president has said that they are desperate to have Musa on their pay-roll next season and have come back with a final offer of €2.2m a year,” he said.

    But it appears Musa has finally reached an agreement with the Turkish side and the 28-year-old attacker will travel to the European country this new week to sign the deal.

    On April 13, Musa sensationally made his return to Kano Pillars for the reminder of the 2020/21 Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) season.

    Amongst the contractual agreement reached between Musa who left Al Nassr in October and Pillars is that anytime he receives any offer abroad, he would be released.

  • Ahmed Musa gives secondary school N2m in Kano

    Ahmed Musa gives secondary school N2m in Kano

    Super Eagles captain Ahmed Musa has donated the sum of two million naira to the Army Day Secondary School in Kano for the construction of a mosque in the school premises.

    Musa who returned to Kano Pillars a few days ago on a short-term deal, visited the school based in Bukavu Barracks on Thursday before playing in Sai Musa Gida’s friendly match later that same day.

    In addition to his monetary donation, the former Leicester City and Al Nassr striker pledged to provide furniture for the school as solution for the inadequate desks in classrooms.

    The philanthropic gesture was the latest of Musa’s charity to Kano residents as he currently owns a sports and fitness centre in the Northern city of Nigeria.

  • Now I’ve another reason to admire Ahmed Musa, says Owolabi

    Now I’ve another reason to admire Ahmed Musa, says Owolabi

    Felix Owolabi, a former Green Eagles player, on Thursday said Ahmed Musa’s decision to play for Kano Pillars has further endeared the Super Eagles Captain to him.

    Owolabi, a former player of IICC Shooting Stars now known as Ibadan Shooting Stars, told the News Agency of Nigeria of Nigeria (NAN) that Musa’s move will further boost the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL).

    The Super Eagles Captain will be playing for his former club, Kano Pillars, for the rest of the season after leaving the Saudi Arabia Pro League.

    “This is highly commendable, now I have another reason to admire him, the truth is its not new, late Rashid Yekini did same, even Daniel Amokachi, and I think its admirable.

    “Imagine what will happen at Liberty Stadium if Kano Pillars is playing with Shooting Stars, the crowd in the stadium will be massive.

    “Imagine what that will do for our league, our league will be better for it.

    ”As a player regular playing time is very important, he understands that, I don’t see it as a sign of retrogression,” he said.

    NAN reports that Musa has been a free agent since his departure from Saudi Pro League side, Al Nassr, on Oct. 25 2020.

  • Gov Ganduje to unveil Ahmed Musa at Kano Pillars

    Gov Ganduje to unveil Ahmed Musa at Kano Pillars

    Governor of Kano State, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje will be the one to unveil Super Eagles captain, Ahmed Musa at Kano Pillars.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Musa, out of contract, sensationally returned to Kano Pillars FC for the reminder of the 2020/21 Nigeria Professional Football League season (NPFL).

    Musa previously played for the Pride of Kano in 2009 when he ended the season as the top scorer in the NPFL with 18 goals before moving to VVV-Venlo in the Netherlands.

    According to a statement from the office of the chairman of Kano Pillars, Alhaji Surajo Shuaibu Jambul and signed by the media officer, Rilwanu Idris Malikawa, Governor Ganduje will unveil Musa before the commencement of the second stanza of the league.

    The statement revealed that the Sai Masu Gida have agreed to sign Musa until the end of the 2020/21 football season.

    Amongst the contractual agreement reached between Musa and Kano Pillars was that anytime the player got an offer, he would be released by the club.

    According to Malikawa, the club agreed to the deal after due consultations with the player and the League Management Company of Nigeria (LMC) that stood as a mediator to the deal.

    “Ahmad Musa is our own and Pillars FC will continue to support him anytime and anywhere he found himself,” Malikawa said.

    Kano Pillars are currently leading the log alongside Kwara United with 36 points each from 19 matches.

  • Kano Pillars FC declares player missing

    Kano Pillars FC declares player missing

    Kano Pillars FC of Kano has declared one of its players, Sunday Chinedu missing.

    Idris Malikawa, Media Officer of the club, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Kano.

    Malikawa said that the player was given a four-day casual leave by Technical Adviser Lionel Soccio, to visit his family, but has yet to return two weeks after.

    He said that the player has also not inform the club of his where about.

    “The Chairman of the club, Shuaibu Surajo, has given the player three days to return or face disciplinary action.

    “We are doing our best to protect the interest and welfare of our players, but the club will not condone acts of indiscipline from them,” Malikawa said.

    He urged all players in the club to remain focus on the task ahead.

  • NPFL: Rangers beat Kano Pillars in Enugu

    NPFL: Rangers beat Kano Pillars in Enugu

    Rangers International Football Club of Enugu on Wednesday defeated Kano Pillars FC 1-0 in a rescheduled Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) Match Day 11 fixture in Enugu.

    Chinonso Eziekwe scored the only goal of the match in the 70th minute to send the home fans into wild jubilation.

    Speaking after the match, Rangers’ Assistant Coach, Mbwas Mangut, expressed joy over the outcome of the match.

    He said that the match was tough but they were grateful to God that they won.

    “We prepared well for this match, because it is one of the matches that we should be winning.

    “No doubt, the match could have gone either way as lots of chances were missed by the two teams, but we were lucky to have converted one.

    “But we should have sealed the win before the interval,” Mangut said.

    Kano Pillars FC’s coach Ibrahim Musa, on his part, said his team played better than their hosts, and blamed his players for missing lots of scoring opportunities.

    “Our target was to win this match and we created up to six to seven scoring chances, but we did not convert them.

    “Football is all about scoring, but we could not score and our opponents scored. So, we need to work hard next time if we want to score.

    “Now we have to go back to the drawing board and work on our finishing because we have to combine communication with finishing.

    “Rangers are a good team, but you cannot compare Rangers with Kano Pillars here because this is Rangers’ home,” Musa said.

    He said his team created scoring chances more than their hosts and were supposed to win the match, only to be let down by finishing.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the win lifted Rangers to 16th from 17th on the log, with 23 points after 17 matches.

    Kano Pillars however dropped to the 9th position with 27 points after 19 matches.

  • CAF Champions League: Gov. Ganduje directs Kano Pillars to camp

    Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has directed Kano Pillars FC players to remain in Kaduna for a closed camping ahead of their first encounter with Ashanti Kotoko of Ghana in the 2019 CAF Champions League in Kano.
    The Media Officer of the club, Idris Malikawa, made the disclosure on Monday in Kano.‎
    ‎“I want you to remain in Kaduna for the period, and I urge you to be focused and determined for the task ahead,” Malikawa quoted Ganduje as saying in a statement.
    The governor congratulated the team and commended them for making the government and good people of the state proud.‎
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    He said the team would return to Kano on Aug. 5, adding that their first match in the CAF Champions League would be on Aug. 10 at the Sani Abacha Stadium, Kofar Mata, Kano.‎‎
    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Kano Pillars beat Niger Tornadoes 4-3 via penalties to win this year’s Aiteo Cup on Sunday in Kaduna.
    They are also to host‎ Asante Kotoko FC of Ghana in the preliminary round of CAF Champions League on Aug. 9 in Kano.‎
    NAN also reports that state FA suspended all local competition matches at the Sani Abacha Stadium to enable the state government to renovate the stadium to meet the CAF standard before the competition begins.

  • NPFL Day 1: Enyimba, Pillars win as El-Kanemi stun hosts [Full result]

    NPFL Day 1: Enyimba, Pillars win as El-Kanemi stun hosts [Full result]

    The 2018/2019 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) season kicked off with little notice on Sunday, even though there was action in only six of the 12 league venues.

    In spite of the situation, three home victories, one away win and two draws were recorded in the two groups of the abridged league competition.

    Enyimba International Football Club of Aba kicked off their campaign with a 2-0 home win over MFM FC of Lagos at the Enyimba International Stadium in Aba.

    Nelson Ogbonnaya headed in Nasiru Sani’s long throw to hand the seven-times NPFL champions the lead after 13 minutes.

    Abdulrahman Bashir doubled the lead for the hosts when he headed in Andrew Abalogu’s free-kick in the 54th minute.

    At the Kwara Sports Stadium in Ilorin, Kwara United FC drew 1-1 at home with Sunshine Stars FC of Akure.

    Sasere Franklin put Sunshine Stars ahead four minutes into the break with a lovely lob from the edge of the box.

    But Kwara United were back on level terms through an own goal from Seun Olulayo who diverted Usman Mohammed’s cross beyond his own goalkeeper with 20 minutes to play.

    In another NPFL game, Nasarawa United beat Abia Warriors 1-0 in Lafia.

    Abdullahi Abubakar glided in Abdul Makama’s cross after 20 minutes to hand Nasarawa United all three points from the encounter.

    Akwa United who recruited 13 new players kicked off their new NPFL season on a poor note, going down 0-1 at home to El-Kanemi Warriors at the Akwa Ibom International Stadium.

    Kano Pillars also edged Heartland FC of Owerri 1-0.

    Chinedu Sunday scored the only goal of the game in the 16th minute to hand the hosts the maximum points.

    Plateau United were held to a goalless draw at home by FC IfeanyiUbah.

    NPFL Match Day 1 Full Results:

    Kwara United 1-1 Sunshine Stars

    Enyimba International 2-0 MFM FC

    Nasarawa United 1-0 Abia Warriors

    Plateau United 0-0 FC IfeanyiUbah

    Kano Pillars 1-0 Heartland

    Akwa United 0-1 El-Kanemi Warriors

    NAN

  • NPFL: Kano Pillars names Baleria as interim head coach

    The management of Kano Pillars Football Club has appointed ‎former flying Eagles coach, Kabiru Baleria, as the interim head coach of the club, pending the appointment of substantive technical adviser.‎

    The media officer of the club, Idris Malikawa, said in a statement ‎on Thursday in Kano that the appointment of Baleria followed the expiration of the contract of the club’s technical adviser, Ibrahim Musa.

    The chairman of the club, Alhaji Tukur Babangida, charged the interim head coach to work closely with other members of the technical crew and club’s supporting staff in discharging his duties.

    “The management of the club has the confidence that Kabiru Baleria would use his wealth of experience to protect the image of the club.

    “The management also hopes that Baleria will come up with new ideas that would move the club forward for the period he is going to handle the team,” the statement read in part.

    It added that new technical adviser would be appointed by the management of the club in due course.

    According to the Malikawa, the club is in advanced stage of negotiation with five new players.

    The players are Surajoddeen Ayele, Sunday Chinedu, Augustine Igenepo, Jeffrey Essi and Obaleke Thomas.‎

    The players are from Nasarawa United, Kwara United, Niger Tornadoes and Crown football clubs.

    Malikawa also said that the club would promote two or three players from the feeder team to the senior team before the commencement of 2018/2019 NPFL season.

    He said that the team would resume training on Thursday at Sani Abacha Stadium Kofar Mata, after a two-week break.

    NAN

  • Sunshine Stars Alimi clinches VAT Wonder Goal Award

    In what could be described as one of the closest contests in the history of the three seasons of VAT Wonder Goal Award, has Sunshine Stars’ Sikiru Alimi emerged winner of the Match Day 16 edition.

    Alimi in the contest emerged the last man standing, shaking off tough challenge from Chijioke Alakwe of FC IfeanyiUbah and Kano Pillars, Alassan Ibrahim.

    The duo took to the polls their rivalry on the pitch on the match day where both netted for their clubs in their respective Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) fixtures.

    Harry Iwuala, the Media Officer of NPFL, said on Thursday that Alimi got the votes from its website and twitter account with a combined total of 863 votes from a total 1,745.

    “Alimi, who has scored in successive games for his relegation dogged club, led the polls both on the NPFL website and twitter account with a combined total of 863 votes from a total 1,745.

    “Alakwe’s strong showing on the website polls was undone by a comparatively poor showing on the twitter polls where Alimi coasted with 50 per cent of the 513 votes.

    “The vote thus leaves Alakwe and Kano Pillars Alassan Ibrahim with 108 votes each.

    “Overall, Alakwe polled 700 votes, while Ibrahim trailed in third place with 125 votes and Stephen Alfred of Kwara United finished fourth with 57 votes,’’ Iwuala said in a statement.

    Iwuala added: “The goal by Alimi was the only goal in Sunshine Stars 3-1 loss to FC IfeanyiUbah.

    “The goal which saw the striker reaching a pass after outpacing his marker, and then did a cut back to set up a right footed shot from the edge of the box.

    “The player will receive the prize money of N150,000 half of which will be donated to a charity to be nominated by him from the state where the club is domiciled.

    “The VAT Wonder Goal Award is an initiative of the League Management Company (LMC) and supported by the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS).

    “The award is to deepen club community engagement and promote the campaign on the benefits of tax payment by citizens.

    “Rivers United Emeka Ogbugh won the award for Match Day 15 and also emerged the first player to win the VAT Wonder Goal award in three seasons.

    “He polled over 48 percent of the votes cast,.’’