SOMALI WORLD CUP REFEREE DENIED ENTRY TO UNITED STATES. (PHOTO).

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 Somali World Cup Referee Denied Entry to United States Award-winning Somali referee, Omar Artan, has been denied entry into the United States despite holding a valid visa, according to a senior official in Somalia’s sports ministry. Artan, who is set to become the first Somali referee to officiate at the FIFA World Cup finals, was stopped at Miami International Airport and subsequently returned to Istanbul, where he had been residing. The reason for the denial was not immediately disclosed. However, Somalia is among the countries affected by a travel ban introduced by the administration of Donald Trump. Reacting to the development, Ciise Aden Abshir, a senior adviser to Somalia’s Ministry of Youth and Sports and a former national team captain, described Artan as one of Africa’s most respected referees. “Omar Artan is among Africa’s most respected referees and deserves the support of the entire football community,” Abshir told AFP on Monday. He added that preventing the referee fro...

ZAMFARA POLICE FOILS ATTACK ON EMIR. (PHOTOS).


Zamfara Police Foils Attack On Emir

In Zamfara, Police foiled an attack by suspected bandits at the Palace of Emir of Maru, Alhaji Abubakar Gado Maigari in Maru local government area.

Sources in Maru town informed our reporter that the terrorist bandits attacked the palace around 8:45 pm on Tuesday 24th October, 2023 few minutes after the emir returned home from a journey, killed one and damaged vehicles with gunshots.

According to the sources from the emirate a gallant police officer on duty at the palace engaged the terrorists in a gun duel and he successfully dispersed them.

However, they (bandits) killed one Malam Ukashatu, a physically challenged (cripple) neighbor of the emir and abducted one IT officer of the emirate Hassan Sani Marafa.

When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Zamfara state police command ASP Yazid Abubakar confirmed the incident saying the Police Patrol team who swiftly responded to the distress call for reinforcement restored normalcy at the emirate and the Maru town.

Recalled that on 4th March, 2023 the terrorist bandits attacked Maru town and killed a DPO, Kazeem Raheem, one other police officer Rabiu Bagobiri, one vigilante member Shehu Chika and abducted several people from the town that is located along Gusau-Sokoto federal highway in Zamfara state.
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