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...

OVER 100 JERRYCANS OF PETROL INTERCEPTED BY POLICE IN FOILED CROSS-BORDER SMUGGLING ATTEMPTS. (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE.


 PRESS RELEASE 

 

OVER 100 JERRYCANS OF PETROL INTERCEPTED BY POLICE IN FOILED CROSS-BORDER SMUGGLING ATTEMPTS


Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force Border Patrol Unit have successfully intercepted and recovered over one hundred jerrycans of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, which were about to be illegally transported across the nation’s border.


While on stop-and-search duty along Illela–Sokoto Highway, operatives of the unit intercepted a vehicle loaded with eighty jerrycans of PMS and arrested the driver Yasir Adamu. After preliminary investigation, it was discovered that the suspect was attempting to smuggle the petroleum product across the border into the Niger Republic.


In a similar breakthrough, operatives of the unit in Katsina intercepted and recovered thirty-five jerrycans, each containing twenty-five litres of PMS, which were about to be transported into Niger Republic. The suspects, on sighting the team, abandoned the exhibits and fled. Efforts are ongoing to apprehend the suspects and bring them to justice.


The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, Ph.D., NPM, commended the officers for their vigilance and professionalism, reiterating the commitment of the Nigeria Police Force to sustain robust operations against all forms of economic crimes. 


CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, anipr, mipra

Force Public Relations Officer

Force Headquarters, 

Abuja. 

4th October, 2025.

More photos below. 




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