DUTCH REFEREE ROB DIEPERINK DIES WEEKS AFTER REMOVAL FROM WORLD CUP OFFICIATING LIST. (PHOTO).
Dutch referee Rob Dieperink dies weeks after removal from World Cup officiating list Dutch referee Rob Dieperink has died at the age of 38, weeks after FIFA removed him from its list of officials for the World Cup. The Dutch Football Association (KNVB) confirmed his death in a statement, saying it was “shocked and deeply saddened” by the news. His cause of death has not been disclosed. Dieperink was arrested in April by the Metropolitan Police in the United Kingdom following a report of an alleged sexual assault involving a teenage boy in London. A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said officers responded on April 9 to a report of sexual assault at an address in Croydon and arrested a man in his 30s on suspicion of the offence. Police later said that after reviewing available evidence, including CCTV footage and digital devices, the investigation had concluded that “the evidential threshold had not been met” and no further action would be taken. Following the investigation, FIFA co...
Yesterday friday ''Christmas day'',more than 200 shops in Sango Plank Market Ibadan Oyo state,was burnt to ashes.The shops were located at Alaro area of Sano.The fire was said to have started at about 3:00 pm and it was still burning as at 7:30pm with the men of the Oyo State Fire Service struggling to put it out.The loss in the fire is estimated at N250 million.It was gathered that the fire was fuelled by the large stock of planks in each of the shops and heaps of saw dust scattered around the market,coupled with the effect of the dry season.Only one fire service tanker was at the scene of the incident.As a form of self help,traders ordered tankers of wateradd to the water needed by fire fighters.The traders wailed as they saw their wares in flames with efforts too little to quench the raging fire.Apart from the planks,several sawing machines and other logging equipments were lost in the fire.One of the affected traded simply identified as Adegoke said ''I am a medium sized trader but we have some of us with planks and equipment worth more than N5m in their shops''.One more photo below. 
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