Salisu Yusuf he moved to Lobi Stars as an assistant coach and helping them win the National Challenge Cup (now Nigerian FA Cup) in 2003. He later moved to Dolphins F.C. where he worked as assistant coach until 2008 when he joined Kano Pillars as chief coach and eventually led them to win the 2008 Nigeria Premier League title. In 2009, the Nigeria Football Federation employed Yusuf as assistant coach to Samson Siasia who was serving as the head coach of the Nigeria national football team. Yusuf was still working with Siasia when Kano Pillars appointed him as technical adviser in 2010,
Lobi people to Greek or Roman gods, "thila" themselves are subject to mortal virtues and vices. In Lobi society, there is often a "thildaar" (village diviner) that may also act as a "dithildaar" (village priest; each village has only one) that interprets "soser" for the local community. A particularly intuitive and receptive "thildaar" is capable of interpreting as many as fifty or more spirits at a time. Lobi dwellings are characterized as large rectangular or polygonal compounds known as "maison soukala". They are spaced well from each other and are composed of a single vast mud banco wall and a small entrance.