Somali referee Omar Artan, who was denied entry to the US, will receive his full World Cup tournament fee from Fifa, BBC Sport can reveal.
And in a twist it can be revealed that officials do not find out what that fee is until after the tournament!
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The harsh reality is that human life is not valued in Nigeria. You could be dying, and people would simply stand by and watch. Some might even be planning to steal from you at that very moment. This is something people are unwilling to talk about, but it has become the norm.
I can never forget the day I went 24 hours without eating anything. It was horrible and I was feeling like I want to die. Now imagine those toddlers in the bush without proper hygiene and food to eat and nourish them💔💔
Nothing pisses me off more than the student loan they list as their achievement.
You removed the education subsidy, and you expect me to applaud you for introducing a loan scheme to ease the burden of the expensive fees?
While your government keeps looting funds?
They say the man is not intelligent. Meanwhile, they asked his competition to ‘test’ the mic and he licked it in the full glare of the world. That is your incumbent who you think is more intelligent than the man. I wish people know to recognise and avoid this type of engagements.
Tim Bontemps reacts to the overreaction to Wembanyama’s quote:
“This is where the internet is a stupid place.
He got asked, how is everybody feeling coming off of this loss and how the groups feeling about coming back in the series.
And he said: ‘Everybody thinks they’re going to come back and win the series.’
What would everybody like Victor Wembanyama to say?
‘We’re screwed? We’re going to lose tomorrow by 30? The series is over?’
Like what the hell are we talking about.”
#GoSpursGo #PorVida
What a funny take oh my God, saying Diego was probably the worst coach in Argentina national team history will not take your appreciation for him as a footballer away. He thought Messi would replicate what he did in 1986 and he played with only one midfielder (Mascherano) behind Messi, whilst in 1986 he was ahead of at least 2-3 midfielders who supported him?
Plus, he didn’t take treble-winning captain Zanetti to the World Cup and took Garcé instead. The only reason for that was that he dreamt of Garcé raising the trophy and that’s why he took him. He also changed the right-back in almost every game Argentina played, left out Cambiasso too, and took a washed Verón instead of him.
Good news: Dr. Iheukwumere Ikechukwu of the Department of Microbiology at COOU has been sacked by the Governing Council of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University.
He sexually abused students and engaged in different forms of misconduct.
Four other academic staff members were also sacked, including two professors.
We are restoring integrity in our universities, which will in turn improve the quality of our graduates.
If you live in a building with a shared meter, you can install these cheap submeters for each apartment to track usage. No more arguments. This should be standard practice sef, given the meter shortage. One meter per building, submeters per unit.
It’s one thing to get a job and another thing to commute daily in Lagos
Please if you ply Ikorodu to Ojota/Ikeja with a car, kindly help my destiny. The transport cost is huge.
I would appreciate your repost too
Alleged N2b Nigeria Air Fraud: How Sirika Allegedly Used Ethiopian Airlines as Fake Nigeria Air-Witness
The 12th Prosecution Witness, PW12, Christopher Odofin, in the trial of the former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Abubakar Sirika, on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, told Justice S.C. Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court Abuja, how Sirika allegedly passed off an aircraft belonging to Ethiopian Airline as that of the promised Nigeria Air by the government of the late President Muhammadu Buhari.
The decoy aircraft, adorned with the livery of the promised Nigeria Air, found its way on the tarmac of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on May 27, 2023, being three days to the expiration of the tenure of the Buhari government and was flown back to Addis Ababa in the morning of May 29, 2023, being the handover date to the successor government.
Hadi Sirika is facing prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on amended six-count, bordering on alleged abuse of office and misappropriation of public funds to the tune of over N2 billion, alongside his daughter, Fatima Hadi Sirika, son-in-law, Hamma Jalal Sule, and Al Buraq Global Investment Limited.
The contract for the setting up of Nigeria Air was awarded to Tianaero Nigeria Limited, belonging to Gabriel Tilmann, a close associate and friend of the former minister.
Reading from a portion of contract agreement with Ethiopian Airline, the witness, an investigator with Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC said “The aircraft will depart from Addis Ababa (ADD) late evening of May 26, 2023 for it to be positioned early morning of May 27, 2023 at the Abuja (ABV) airport. The aircraft will stay in ABV airport for static display of Nigeria Air livery until May 28, 2023. The aircraft will leave ABV airport early morning on May, 29, 2023. The chartered flight will be operated by the Ethiopian Airline crew in Ethiopian Airline uniform. The Federal Government of Nigeria and Nigeria Air may put together local models who will be in Nigeria Air uniforms to pose for ceremonial pictures. The models may come to Addis Ababa so they may fly with the chartered flight to ABV.”
The witness told the court that the display of the aircraft in Abuja International Airport was deliberately planned to coincide with the end of the first defendant’s tenure as Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development on May 29, 2023 and to pass the aircraft off as the actualization of his promise of the return of Nigeria Air. After the less than 72 hours display of the aircraft, he stated that the Nigeria Air logo was removed from the aircraft and flown back to Ethiopian Airlines in Addis Ababa.
The witness further disclosed that the investigating team was also able to ascertain that Ethiopian Airlines entered into a charter arrangement for the static display of the Nigeria Air livery for a duration of just three days, beginning from May 27 to May 29, 2023 based on information and documents received from the airline following a letter from it, dated June 12, 2023, in response to the EFCC’s request for information regarding Nigeria Air. And that though the purpose of the contract was for the establishment of Nigeria Air, the charter agreement with Ethiopian Airlines was entered on May 24, 2023, five days to the expiration of the defendant’s tenure for just a static display of the Nigeria Air logo on an aircraft.
All the documents tendered in evidence by the prosecution were shown to have been duly signed, authorized, and accompanied by certificates of identification and were not objected to by any of the counsels to the four defendants.
Among the exhibits is a compact disk containing a voice note from the first defendant, Hadi Sirika, marked Exhibit 37, which the prosecution counsel applied to be played in the court at the next adjourned date.