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...

SENATE BEGINS PLENARY BY 1PM TODAY INSTEAD OF 11AM.(PHOTO).


 Senate begins plenary by 1pm today instead of 11am.

 

The Senate has shifted its plenary sitting from 11am to 1pm today. 

The Clerk to the Senate, Andrew Nwoba, who announced the shift in a statement, said the action has become necessary due to the opening ceremony for the First Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament fixed for 10.00 am which the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, will be attending.

Nwoba said: “This is to bring to the attention of Distinguished Senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria that the Senate will resume its plenary session by 1:00pm instead of 11:00am, tomorrow (Tuesday), 20-05-25.

“This shift in time for resumption is due to the Opening Ceremony of the First Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament, tomorrow (today) by 10.00 am which the President of the Senate will be attending.

“The Deputy Senate President, Senator Jibrin Barau, will also be in attendance as he is the 1st Deputy Speaker of that Parliament.

“Any inconvenience this shift in time might have caused is highly regrettable.”

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