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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...

SENATE ASKS UK GOVT TO REMOVE NIGERIA FROM COVID-19 RED LIST.{PHOTO}.

  

The Nigerian Senate has condemned what it called the inclusion of Nigeria in United Kingdom’s COVID-19 red list without justification. 

 

It therefore, called on the British authorities to consider removing Nigeria from the red list describing the travel ban as discriminatory and attack on diplomatic relations. 


The Senate further advised the UK government to be sensitive to the diplomatic relationship between both countries when taking decision that affect Nigerian citizens just as it urged the Federal Government to engage the British authorities to reverse Nigeria’s inclusion on the red list.

 

It also charged the administration to remain firm in the enforcement of necessary protocols in the containment of every COVID-19 variant in Nigeria and asked major vaccines powers, like Britain, Canada, America, and the European union, among others, to take urgent and bold steps to ensure vaccine equity in the interest of the entire human race.

 

These resolutions were reached by the chamber following the consideration of a motion on the “Need for Government of the United Kingdom to remove Nigeria from COVID-19 Red List" sponsored by Senator Ike Ekweremadu. 

 

Coming under order forty two and fifty two of the Senate Rules, Ekweremadu noted with satisfaction the efforts of the Government of Nigeria in the containment and treatment of COVID-19 cases.

 

He said, “Nigeria is among the countries with the lowest cases of COVID-19 but the decision of the British Government to include Nigeria in their COVID-19 red list, with its concomitant implications, will affect many citizens of Nigeria, who had planned to spend their Christmas and New Year holiday with their families.

 

In his remarks, the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, said that the decision to include Nigeria on the UK COVID-19 red list poses a strain on the diplomatic relationship between both countries bemoaning the poor treatment of Nigerians by the UK government.

 

Lawan, therefore, called on the British Parliament to intervene with a view to having Nigeria removed from the country’s COVID-19 red list especially without justification.

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