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...

LABOUR DEMANDS: KWARA WORKERS ISSUE 14 DAYS ULTIMATUM TO GOVERNMENT. (PHOTOS).



Labour demands: Kwara workers issue 14 days ultimatum to government.


 workers in Kwara state, under the aegis of the Joint Kwara Labour Congress, have issued 14 days ultimatum to the state government over alleged refusal to honour/ implement written and gentleman agreement it entered into with the labour. 


Addressing  journalists in Ilorin , the labour leaders in the state, led by the state chairman, of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Muritala Saheed, said that the ultimatum to the state government is effective from Tuesday, January 9, 2024.


He said the leadership is constrained to start the process having observed that the state is falling apart adding that the body language of government does not suit the purpose of mending the cracks. 


According to him the  cracks cut across both formal and informal sector of the state economically, psychologically, physically and morally.


Comrade Saheed explained that 

on  several occasions both Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade

Union Congress (TUC) have written government on demands of Workers and observed ills in the State. 


He noted that till today there

was no change or attempt to address issues raised in the letters.

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