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...

GOV. SANWO-OLU APPLAUDED WOMEN JUDGES FOR BREAKING BARRIERS. (PHOTOS)


 Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu has applauded women judges for breaking the barriers to occupy the deserved and venerated heights they occupy in the legal profession. He stated this today at the Southwest Zonal Conference of the National Association of Women Judges of Nigeria, themed "Breaking Leadership Barriers for Women in the Legal Profession."


Governor Sanwo-Olu, represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Barr. ‘Bimbola Salu-Hundeyin, described the Judges as great women who continually demonstrate the spirit of resilience, determination and unwavering commitment that defines the exceptional and excellent women in leadership”


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