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DUTCH REFEREE ROB DIEPERINK DIES WEEKS AFTER REMOVAL FROM WORLD CUP OFFICIATING LIST. (PHOTO).

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 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...

IS BODE GEORGE GOING ON EXILE AFTER BUHARI WON THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION?

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                                   Bode George who was the former Deputy National Chaiman of the Peoples Democratic Party {PDP},said to Vangard newspaper that ''What will i be doing here? i can decide to go and live anywhere.Look at everyone surrounding him {Buhari}.So i am not joking about it,what will i be doing here?.At 70,what will i be doing here?.All we have been doing to restructure the country has been lost.We have been trying to ensure balance in the polity but all that,has gone,then what else will i be doing here?.NTA even tweeted that Bode might go on exile now that Buhari won.Read NTA tweet below.                                                                    

READ ORUBEBE'S APOLOGY SPEECH TO NIGERIANS BELOW,AFTER HE ACCUSED JEGA ON NATIONAL TV OF COMPROMISE.

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                                 Godsay Orubebe,who was a former Niger Delta Affairs Minister,challenged the Independent National Electoral Commission {INEC} Chairman Attahiru Jega during the collation of election results in Abuja,accusing Jega of compromise.Orubebe took hold of the micro phone at the centre and sat on the stage while criticizing Jega's handling of the results collation.But last night after it was obvious that Buhari had won,Orubebe said during a 30 minutes press briefing in Abuja that he regretted his action for allowing his emotion to overwhelm him.Orubebe pleaded with Niger Delta youths not to perpetrate violence because of the election of Gen Muhammadu Buhari.''Election is a passionate thing and i really regret what took place during the results collation.I was unnecessarily pushed by Jega to get to that level.I want to apologise particularlyto young Nigerians that took up to take p...