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...

I BECAME A BABALAWO AFTER VOMITING BLOOD FOR SIX MONTHS - 9ICE.(PHOTO).


 I BECAME A BABALAWO AFTER VOMITING BLOOD FOR SIX MONTHS - 9ICE


Famous hitmaker, 9ice, said he became a core traditionalist and a practising Babalawo after he was cured from a spiritual attack about 15 years ago.


The Gongo-Aso crooner said he vomited blood for six months and could not be cured medically until he sought traditional remedies. He disclosed he had to go deeply African because there was no medical explanation for his condition. 


“When I was vomiting blood for about six months, I had to leave my house," he stated. "It happened in 2009/2010. It was not a medical condition. 


“I am not a Christian or a Muslim, I am a Babalawo. I am an African. I am a traditionalist. The first time I experienced ifa was when I was vomiting blood. Someone referred me to ifa. I just wished that I had known ifa at the beginning.”


The multiple awards winner said he understood why legendary Afrobeats superstar Fela Anikulapo Kuti embraced African traditional religion now. 

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