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...

THE OONI OF IFE & THE COUNCIL OF YORUBA TRADITIONAL RULERS SUPPORT RESERVED SEATS FOR WOMEN BILL ADVOCACY. (PHOTO).


 THE OONI OF IFE & THE COUNCIL OF YORUBA TRADITIONAL RULERS SUPPORT RESERVED SEATS FOR  WOMEN BILL ADVOCACY 


The Ooni of Ife, Oba enitan Adeyeye ogunwusi and the council of yoruba traditional rulers have thrown their weight behind the proposed reserved seats for women, assuring Nigerian women of their resolve to spread the crusade to political actors in their domains. 


The assurance was given during the meeting of the ooni of ife & the southwest legislators on the special seats bill advocacy championed by the national institute for legislative and democratic studies (NILDS).

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