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...
Barely one month after launching the $2 billion Anambra Airport City Project at Umueri that would be funded and constructed from start to finish by the Chinese,Governor of Anambra State,Chief Willie Obiano,has sealed another business deal with the Golden Tulip Hotel Group,which is the third largest hospitality group in the world,with head offices in Switzerland.The latest agreement is over the management of the idyllic Agulu Lake Hotel Resort,which Obiano inherited from his predecessor,former Governor Peter Obi.The 100-room tourism showpiece is nestled in the verdant green slopes beside the famous Agulu Lake in Aniocha Local Government Area of the state.The agreement signing,which took place on the foregrounds of the hotel in Agulu,symbolised two important developments in Anambra State.In the first instance,it marked the entry of a major multinational player into the tourism and hospitality industry in the state and served as a signpost to the growing confidence of foreign investors in its local economy.Its second significance was that it left no one in doubt that Anambra's rating as Nigeria's safest state was not empty sloganeering.These two perspectives tell a compelling story of the emerging Anambra.Coming on the heels of the recent entry of the Chinese with an airport city project that promises to dwarf anything of its kind in all of West Africa,Anambra's intention of becoming a new,important destination in Nigeria is no longer in doubt.Speaking at the handover and agreement signing ceremony in Agulu on tuesday,the Governor applauded the arrival of the Golden Tulip Group as an important development in the history of the state.More photos below.

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