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...
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2026 GUBER: I’LL UNSEAT ADELEKE AS OSUN GOVERNOR — EX-SENATOR HUSAIN VOWS. (PHOTO).

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 2026 guber: I’ll unseat Adeleke as Osun governor — Ex-senator Husain vows


Former Senator representing Osun West, Mudashiru Husain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has declared his intention to contest the 2026 Osun governorship election, vowing to unseat incumbent Governor Ademola Adeleke.

Husain, a long-time political rival of Adeleke, made the declaration while addressing party supporters. 

The Nation recalls that both politicians clashed in the 2017 Osun West Senatorial by-election, which Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won.

Speaking through a statement by his campaign media head, Victor Ojelabi, Husain said he is prepared to reclaim the state for the APC if chosen as the party’s flagbearer.

He recounted his earlier sacrifice for the party, noting that he stepped down for the late Senator Isiaka Adeleke in 2015, a move he said indirectly boosted the political rise of Ademola Adeleke, who later defected to the PDP.

“I defeated Isiaka Adeleke in 2011 and conceded the ticket to him in 2014. I can do it again. With the backing of my party and the people of Osun, I am confident in my ability and experience to lead the state and restore purposeful governance under the APC,” Husain declared.

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