Day: January 27, 2020

NBA star, Kobe Bryant Dies in a Helicopter Crash

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Kobe Bryant, an 18-time All-Star and five-time N.B.A. champion, and his daughter Gianna were among nine people in a helicopter that crashed near Calabasas, California. A college baseball coach and his wife and daughter were also killed. The authorities in Los Angeles County said it could take several days to recover bodies from the crash site, as the helicopter crashed in rough terrain. Bryant was among the passengers traveling onboard the helicopter. Nine people died in the crash, including the pilot, said Alex Villanueva, the Los Angeles County sheriff, during…

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APC rerun: NSCDC officer kills Action Alliance candidate at victory party

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The victory party of APC candidate, Miriam Onuoha who was returned elected by the Independent National Electoral Commission, came to an abrupt end when an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps shot and killed the 2019 senatorial candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) in Imo North senatorial district, Ndubuisi Emenike. The incident took place around 5pm during a victory party for the All Progressives Congress candidate who won the Okigwe North Federal Constituency held on Saturday. The tragedy occurred at the APC’s candidate house at Umunachi in…

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Kano rerun: Jibrin complains of voters’ intimidation after election loss

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“My constituents came out en masse to exercise their civic responsibility but were denied their franchise to vote the candidate and party of their choice through the application of maximum force in all the wards of our constituency except my home town of Kofa, Bebeji, that proved impenetrable. We know we won the election fairy and squarely but our mandate was stolen”, these were the words of the former Chairman of the House of Representatives’ Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, of the All Progressives Congress on Sunday. Jibrin was defeated…

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