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...

SOUTH-EAST EX-GOVERNORS ENDORSE TINUBU FOR 2027 RE-ELECTION, INAUGURATE NEW ADVISORY FORUM. (PHOTO).


 South-East Ex-Governors Endorse Tinubu for 2027 Re-election, Inaugurate New Advisory Forum


Former governors from Nigeria’s South-East geopolitical zone have thrown their weight behind President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s bid for a second term in the 2027 presidential election.


The endorsement came on Tuesday after the ex-governors held a closed-door meeting at the Presidential Lodge in Enugu, where they formally launched a new platform called the **South East Forum of Former Governors**.


According to the group, the forum is intended to function as a **non-partisan advisory body** that will offer guidance and support to the region’s serving governors on critical developmental matters and broader national issues.


Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, who is also a former governor of Ebonyi State, addressed journalists after the meeting and read the communique. He disclosed that the ex-governors reached a unanimous decision to back President Tinubu’s re-election, citing the administration’s ongoing infrastructure projects across the South-East and its policy of inclusive appointments as key factors behind their support.

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