Football
Pillars FC remains Kano FA/AITEO Cup Champions
Kano Pillars FC emerged champions of this year’s Kano state FA/Aiteo Cup after beating Junior Kano Pillars Fc by 4-3 via penalty after 1-1 draw in the regulations time at the Sani Abacha Stadium, Kofar Mata Kano recently, National Daily learnt.
Presenting the trophy to Sai Masu Gida, the chairman Kano State Football Association Alhaji Sharif Rabi’u Inuwa Ahlan urged Kano state government to provide more funds to Kano pillars Fc in order to face their challenges in the on going 2017/2018 NPFL season.
Sharif Ahlan said the team is doing well so far in the league and hope Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje will do more to the team in order to achieve their objective at the end of the season.
Kano Pillars FC is a team that all northern states are following and have interest on it and therefore there is need for kano state government to give more attention to them, Ahlan said.
He then urged the two teams that is going to represent the state in this years Federation/Aiteo cup to be good ambassadors to government and good people of the state.
He assured that kano state football association would give them all the necessary support and co operation.
On his part Kano Pillars FC technical adviser coach Ibrahim A. Musa thanked God for the victory and described it as ginger to the team in the forth coming Aiteo cup and the on going l
Coach Ibrahim expressed confidence that his players would do everything humanly possible to ensure that they won both league and the federation cup.
-
Crime7 days agoServing police officers arrested with firearms amid escalating Cross River communal crisis
-
Latest6 days agoHigh Court opens hearing on Goodluck Jonathan’s 2027 presidential eligibility
-
Latest5 days agoNigerian Senate reverses standing orders amendment over constitutional concerns
-
Latest2 days agoWike loyalists dominate As APC clears 33 aspirants for Rivers Assembly primaries, 65 disqualified
-
Crime13 hours agoBritish-Nigerian prisoner escapes after mistaken release from custody
-
Business6 hours agoNigeria’s 2026 debt servicing hits $11.6bn as Tinubu decries global financial inequity
-
Business6 hours agoAnger, debate trail proposed $1.25bn loan amid concerns over Nigeria’s debt surge
-
Crime6 hours agoNDLEA seizes N10.4bn Canadian ‘loud’ shipment at Lagos Port, vows crackdown on syndicates

