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...

RETIRED OYO PERMANENT SECRETARY FOUND MURDERED AT HER RESIDENCE IN IBADAN. (PHOTO).




 Retired Oyo permanent secretary found mürdêrêd at her residence in Ibadan


A retired Permanent Secretary with the Oyo State Government, Ms. Elizabeth Olaniyan Gbenle, was gruesomely murdered by unknown assailants in her house in Ibadan, the state capital.


According to the Nigerian Tribune, the incident happened at the deceased's residence, along All Saints College Road, Idi Ishin, off NIHORT area of Ibadan between Thursday and Friday last week. 


A source told the publication that the 69-year-old woman was strangulated after her assailants tied her hands and legs.


She was reportedly found with her tied hands and legs on Friday morning while she still had the dress she wore on Thursday on her.


The killers were said to have taken her two vehicles, phones and Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards.


It was gathered that the killers came to the deceased’s house a day after she reported to the police that her life was being threatened by some hoodlums who used to smoke marijuana close to her residence.


Ms Gbenle reportedly had a maid staying with her, but she left two months ago. 


It was further learnt that the deceased was supposed to have hosted a meeting of the retired permanent secretaries and heads of service on Thursday, November 16, before her gruesome murder.


The deceased’s only child, a daughter, is said to be a medical doctor.


It was gathered that detectives in Oyo State Police Command had begun investigations on the murder case.

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