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...

EFCC RE-ARRAIGNS JIDE OMOKORE,AND 5 OTHERS TODAY.

Image result for efcc                  Chairman of Alantic Energy Brass Development Limited and Atlantic Energy Drilling Concept Limited,Jide Omokore,was on November 21,2016 re-arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC,before Justice Nnamdi Dimbga of a Federal High Court in Abuja.He was re-arraigned along with Victor Briggs,Abiye Membere,David Mbanefo,Atlantic Energy Brass Development Limited and Atlantic Energy Brass Development Limited and Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts Limited.They were re-arraigned on a nine-count amended charge,of criminal diversion of about $1.6 billion alleged to be proceeds of petroleum products belonging to the federal government.Count one reads: ''That you Olajide Jones Omokore,Atlantic Energy Brass Development Ltd,Atlantic Energy Drilling Concept Ltd and Kolawole Akanni Aluko {now at large} between May and October 2013 within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court,by false pretence and with intent to defraud,induced the Nigerian National Petroeum Corporation {NNPC} and the Federal Government of Nigeria to deliver to you 5,652,227 barrels of crude oil {Brass blend} amounting to the sum of US$616,013,615.27 {Six Hundred and Sixteen Million,Thirteen Thousand,Six Hundred and Fifteen US Dollars,Twenty Seven cents} through the medium of contract,which delivery was induced by the false pretence to wit: that you had technical competence,professional skills and funds {both local and foreign } necessary to support NPDC in petroleum operation for the contract area and you thereby committed an offence contrary to section 1 {1} {b} of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act Cap. A6,2010,Laws of the Federation of Nigeria and punishment under section 1 {3} of the same Act,''
They pleaded not guilty when the charges were read to them.In view of their plea,prosecuting counsel,Rotimi Jacobs,SAN,urged the court to fix a date for the commencement of trial,and to allow the defendants to enjoy the bail earlier granted them by Justice Binta Nyako.Counsel to the defendants did not object to the request of Jacobs,urging the court to accede to his request.Justice Dimgba,thereafter fixed December 8,2016 for hearing in the case,adding that: ''I hereby adopt the bail terms as mine''.It would be recalled that Omokore and his co-defendants were first arraigned before Justice Nyako,on July 4,2016,but the case file was afterwards transferred to Justice Dimgba by the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court.
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