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...

EFCC ARRAIGNS MAN FOR FRAUD IN KADUNA. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.


 EFCC Arraigns Man for Fraud in Kaduna


The Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes commission, EFCC, has arraigned one Rufai Abdulkarim before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court, Kaduna Division for fraud.


He is being prosecuted on a one-count charge, bordering on criminal misappropriation of funds. 


The charge reads: "That you, Rufai Abdulkarim on or about the 4th of February, 2021, in Kaduna, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, dishonestly misappropriated the sum of N2,000,000.00 (Two Million Naira only), property of one Timothy Tachio and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 293 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law, 2017 and punishable under Section 294 of the same Law."


He pleaded “not guilty” following which the prosecuting counsel, Moses Arumemi asked the court for a trial date, while the defence counsel, Kabiru Mohammed, urged the court to grant the defendant bail.


Justice Darius,  after listening to both counsel,  adjourned for ruling on the bail application and ordered that the defendant be remanded in EFCC’s custody.

 


The defendant’s way to the dock opened  when a petitioner alleged that he paid the defendant the sum of ₦2 million as a part payment for a piece of land, worth ₦7million, but soon discovered that he diverted the money to his personal use and further refused to make a refund to him.

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