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...
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OUTRAGE AS INEC BACKS SAMUEL ANYANWU AS PDP SECRETARY AMID ONGOING COURT BATTLE. (PHOTO).

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 Outrage as INEC Backs Samuel Anyanwu as PDP Secretary Amid Ongoing Court Battle


Nigerians have erupted in widespread criticism following the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) swift recognition of Senator Samuel Anyanwu as the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) National Secretary. 


This decision came shortly after the PDP national convention on March 29, 2026, at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja, where Abdulrahman Mohammed was named National Chairman and Anyanwu Secretary by consensus. 


INEC updated its records to reflect the new leadership, a step many view as disregarding a January 2026 Federal High Court judgment in Abuja that affirmed Anyanwu’s expulsion from the PDP over alleged anti-party activities.


The controversy deepened when Anyanwu filed an appeal on April 10, 2026, at the Court of Appeal in Enugu, seeking to overturn the lower court’s ruling on his expulsion. Anyanwu contended that the disciplinary process was flawed and the judgment erroneous in law. 


Critics argue that INEC acted hastily by endorsing the list while the matter remained active in the courts, raising fresh questions about the commission’s neutrality in the PDP’s protracted leadership crisis.

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