FIFA President, Gianni Infantino has reacted to the recent denial of Somali referee Omar Artan from entering the United States for the 2026 World Cup. Earlier in the week, Artan was not allowed into the U.S despite being the 2025 African referee of the year at the CAF awards. It would be recalled that President…
NAIROBI, Kenya, June 10, 2026/APO Group/ — Rwandan military forces and the M23 armed group carried out a campaign of forced recruitment and abusive detention of thousands of captured combatants and civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 78-page report, “‘Death Was Everywhere’: Arbitrary Detention,…
[mc4wp_form id=33047] A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Kenneth Okonkwo, has dismissed a N5bn defamation suit threat issued against him by the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi. Obi had issued a pre-action letter to Okonkwo, demanding a retraction of alleged defamatory statements, a public apology, and payment of…
FIFA president, Gianni Infantino, has claimed they don’t have control over everything. Infantino was speaking on the eve of the 2026 World Cup on Wednesday, while addressing issues around visas into the United States. When asked if he felt the world football governing body had “lost control of the tournament”. These accusations came up after…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun has condemned what it described as a growing culture of intimidation, harassment and violence ahead of the August 15 governorship election in the state. The Director-General of the APC Governorship Campaign Council, Mr. Oluwole Oke, warned at a press conference in Oaogbo that the intimidation of the party’s…
