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...

NNAMDI KANU’S WIFE RECOUNTS 2009 ABDUCTION ON THEIR TRADITIONAL WEDDING DAY. (PHOTO).


 Nnamdi Kanu’s Wife Recounts 2009 Abduction on Their Traditional Wedding Day


Uchechigeme Anyanwụụtụtụ Okwu-Kanu, wife of detained Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has shared a personal account of her husband’s alleged abduction in 2009, describing it as a traumatic event that occurred on the day of their scheduled traditional marriage.


In a social media post on Friday, Mrs. Okwu-Kanu detailed the hardships she and her husband endured in their pursuit of what she called the “restoration and transformation” of their people.


She alleged that on December 19, 2009, Kanu was abducted in broad daylight in front of their family square by men loyal to Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, founder and leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB). According to her, Kanu was assaulted and publicly humiliated during the incident.


Mrs. Okwu-Kanu claimed her husband’s only “offence” was opposing the alleged exploitation of the Igbo cause, including the production and sale of so-called Biafran passports, vehicle number plates, and proposals to issue currency for personal profit.


She accused Uwazuruike of betraying Kanu, stating that the memory remains deeply painful.


Concluding her post, she wrote: “I will stop here for today. But understand this: there are battles in which the only weapon you possess is time. And in a little while, Nnamdi Kanu will be free.”.

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