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...
The Lagos State Governor yesterday saturday denied media reports claiming that a kidnap attempt was made on his mother,Mrs Christianah Ambode at her residence in Gbagada area of the state on friday evening.The governor,in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary,Mr Habib Aruna,denied the media report,saying that it was not a true reflection of what transpired at the residence of his mother.An online newspaper had claimed that heavily armed gunmen invaded the Governor's mother's residence and disarmed the octogenarian's police detail in an apparent attempt to abduct her.The newspaper had further reported that the unfortunate development took plac at about 7:30 pm,while a back-up team arrived at the scene at about 8:10pm.Responding,Aruna said:''Whilst it is true that a commotion occurred at the residence of the Governor' mother on the fateful day,it was however far from the truth that it was a kidnap attempt.What really transpired was that a man parked his vehicle in front of the residence of the Governor's mother and the security detail attached to the building asked him not to park there so as not to block the entrance.The man who claimed to be a military personnel was not in uniform as at the time of the unfortunate incident but he insisted on parking in front of the building on the ground that he was military personnel.He then went on to invite military personnel attached to Operation MESA to beat Mrs Ambode's police details after he was advised not to park his vehicle outside the building.The unfortunate part was that the newspaper rightly reported this aspect of the development in the body of the story but still claimed in the lead paragraph that it was an apparent kidnap attempt.While we would like to put on record that the disturbance was not a kidnap attempt on the Governor's mother as nothing untoward happened to her,we also like to caution against needles sensational journalism which could cause unnecessary panic.At the moment,officials of the State Government are taking appropriate steps to sanction the unruly military personnel who joined their colleague to disturb public peace'',Aruna stated. 
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