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Afenifere Leader Ayo Adebanjo Blasts Tinubu Says "Peter Obi Is Our Candidate"

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Afenifere leader Ayo Adebanjo is alleging that Bola Ahmed Tinubu bribed some people with little money to put up a show for him to be endorsed and create a division within the Pan-Yoruba socio-political group. The Afenifere leader Ayo Adebanjo taking to his official social media handle on Monday 31st October 2022, while reacting to the alleged endorsement of the presidential candidate of the ruling party of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming presidential election, stated that Peter Obi, the Presidential candidate of the Labour party (LP) whom they have earlier endorsed to promote equity and justice, is still Afenifere’s preferred candidate for the 2023 presidential election. He said: “Tinubu bribed some people with little money to put up a show that there’s a division in Afenifere. I won’t engage him and those he gave money to because we have already made our position clear that Peter Obi is our candidate,” he alleges. He said the “real Afenifere” has made its positi...

Carantec: Family Of 5 And A Dog Found Dead Inside A Home In France

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  The French Police have discovered bodies of five family members and their dog in a home in Carantec (Finistère), AFP reports. According to the report, the Police found the father hanged and the lifeless bodies of the mother and two daughters. These murders took place after the separation of the murdered couple. The murders were discovered on Sunday morning, in the small seaside town of Carantec, in Finistère. The bodies of the four members of the same family, the father, the mother and two little girls, were found dead in their house, after their grandmother, which is the mother of the wife alerted the Police. She made the discovery after she had not been able to reach her daughter since Saturday. According to the report by AFP, when they arrive in the small house located in a hamlet of Carantec, everything seems to be in order. Until they discover the body of the father, 41, hanging in the stairwell. The bodies of the couple’s children, two girls aged 8 and 11, were found dead i...

Maurice Hastings Freed Of Murder After 38-Years In Jail

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Maurice Hastings, who has always claimed his innocence after his conviction for a murder he never committed in 1983, has been exonerated after spending 38-years in prison. According to the report by Associated Press, it was DNA that allowed Maurice Hastings to regain his freedom. After spending more than 38 years behind bars, Maurice Hastings was released from prison, where he was serving a life sentence for murder and two attempted murders committed in 1983. But new analyzes have cleared him, has said this Friday, October 28, the Los Angeles County prosecutor. “I have prayed for many years for this day to come,” commented Maurice Hasting during a press conference, a week after the cancellation of his conviction. “I don’t stand here as a bitter man, but I just want to enjoy my life now,” the man, now 69, continued. “What happened to Mr. Hastings is a terrible injustice,” the prosecutor acknowledged in a statement. “The justice system is not perfect, and when we uncover new evidence tha...

Storm Claudio Expected To Hit France, And Part Of UK

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Authorities in France have alerted citizens about storm Claudio which is expected to hit the northwest part of the country and some part of the United Kingdom on Monday, AFP reports. The storm is said to be up to 130 km / h and is expected in the Cotentin. This is the first storm of the fall. France’s Met Office named the storm that is set to bring strong winds to Cornwall and other parts of the South West coast this evening (October 31).  Storm Claudio sweeps in from northern France, causing disruption across some coastal parts of the UK, according to the Met Office. Forecasters are expecting the region to see gusts of speeds between 50mph and 60mph. The storm has been named by Meteo France, and is set to make its way over the Channel Islands and English Channel. The South East of England is also braced for strong winds overnight. The gusts will gradually head eastwards before reaching Dover at around 3am tomorrow (November 1). According to the report, four departments in France, ...

Justine Vayrac Reportedly Died From Strangulation

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  Justine Vayrac died of strangulation according to the autopsy report, which confirms the statements of the suspect in police custody, AFP reports. According to the report, the autopsy of the body of Justine Vayrac, the 20-year-old young woman found dead last Thursday in Corrèze, revealed that she had been beaten before being strangled, AFP learned on Monday from a source familiar with the matter. These conclusions of the forensic doctors confirm the statements of the suspect in police custody.  According to information gathered by RMC, the young man had confessed to investigators that he had strangled Justine Vayrac . The results of the analyzes intended to determine whether the victim was drugged are not yet known. His body was found near the suspect’s farm after several days of searches, carried out by 80 police and gendarmes. Justine Vayrac, from Tauriac, in the neighboring department of Lot, disappeared on the night of Sunday October 23, around 4 a.m., near a nightclub i...

Hugh McKean: Colorado House Republican Leader Dies At 55

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Colorado House minority leader and former Loveland City Councilman Hugh McKean has died. He was 55, People reports. Colorado House Republicans announced the news Sunday in a press release, writing, “It is with great sadness we announce the sudden passing of House Minority Leader Hugh McKean.” “Hugh was fiercely passionate about serving the great state of Colorado and will be missed dearly,” the statement continued. “Funeral services are being planned and details will be made public once finalized.” The release did not reveal his cause of death. According to  The Denver Post , McKean’s deputy chief of staff, Roger Hudson said McKean had been complaining about pain on the left side of his body which McKean claimed may have been the result of an injury he suffered while working on his house. Hudson and Rep. Colin Larson shared that McKean’s pain did not improve and had become worse by Sunday morning to the point he had to call his longtime partner Amy Parks for help. Upon her arrival,...

Bronx House Fire Leaves 4 Dead, Including An Infant

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Bronx house fire is reported to have left about four people, including a 10-month-old baby girl, in the early Sunday morning, the New York Police Department said. New York Fire Department Assistant Chief Kevin Brennan said firefighters immediately began removing victims from the building after responding to a report of a fire at the residence just after 6 a.m ET, CNN reports. Two boys, aged 10 and 12, were declared dead at the scene of the Bronx house fire by emergency service workers. The baby girl and a 22-year-old man were rushed to a nearby hospital where they were later pronounced dead, according to the NYPD. Police have not publicly released the identities of those killed and the cause of the Bronx house fire, which will be determined by the fire marshal, is under investigation, according to the NYPD. A 21-year-old woman and a 41-year-old man were seriously injured and are currently being treated at an area hospital, police said. Several firefighters also suffered minor injuries,...

Sylvester Stallone Opens Up About His Marriage To Jennifer Flavin

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  Sylvester Stallone is opening up about his marriage to Jennifer Flavin, and how their brief split was a “tumultuous time” in his life, People reports. According to the report, Sylvester Stallone, 76, spoke with  the Sunday Times  about the couple’s August split after 25 years of marriage, before they called off their divorce just a month later. “Let’s just say that it was a very tumultuous time,” Stallone said. “There was a reawakening of what was more valuable than anything, which is my love for my family. It takes precedence over my work, and that was a hard lesson to learn. When Flavin, 54, filed for divorce from Stallone in August, Stallone said in a statement they were “amicably and privately addressing these personal issues,” before PEOPLE confirmed in September that Flavin and Stallone reconciled. They’ve since been spotted in New York City on Oct. 7, two weeks after they announced the divorce wasn’t happening, as they were seen enjoying the city. One outing saw ...

Seoul Crowd Disaster: Death Toll Rises To 154

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The death toll from the Seoul crowd disaster has risen to 154, as South Korean authorities investigate one of its worst-ever disasters. According to CNN, the country has begun a week-long period of mourning over the Seoul crowd disaster, while officials attempt to understand how the devastating crush took place. At least 26 foreign nationals, including two US citizens, are among the dead. More than a dozen embassies around the globe have confirmed victims from their country, the CNN report added. What caused Saturday’s Seoul crowd disaster is unclear, but witnesses say partygoers were packed tightly into narrow streets in the capital’s nightlife district of Itaewon, as people enjoyed the first Halloween weekend since Covid-19 restrictions were lifted. Nearly all of the victims at least 150 have been identified; police told CNN. The toll included 56 men and 97 women, South Korea’s Interior and Safety Ministry reported. As of 5 p.m. local time Sunday (4 a.m. ET), the number of people inj...

Jacksonville Condemn Antisemitic Messages Seen Around The City

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Officials in the Jacksonville, Florida, area condemned multiple antisemitic messages that appeared in public spaces this weekend including a football stadium, highway overpass and downtown building, CNN reports. According to the report by CNN, an antisemitic message referencing rapper Kanye West was seen scrolling on the outside of TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville during the Georgia-Florida college football game on Saturday, according to video shot by a relative of Vic Micolucci, a reporter for CNN affiliate WJXT. In the video, the words “Kanye is right about the jews” are visible scrolling across the exterior of the stadium structure, referencing recent antisemitic comments from the rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West. CNN report stated that it is unclear how the message was projected onto the stadium wall. It is also unclear how long the message was visible outside the stadium. In other videos circulating on social media, the same message was also visible on at least one building ...

Lula da Silva Wins Brazil's Presidential Election As Bolsonaro Loses 2nd Term Bid

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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is reported to have won Brazil's presidential election by a thin margin, as his rival and incumbent Jail Bolsonaro loses his bid for a second term. According to the report by CNN, leftist former leader, Lula da Silva widely known as “Lula,” won 50.83% of the votes, with over 98% of the votes counted in a fiercely contested run-off election on Sunday. Bolsonaro, who mustered 49.17% votes, will be denied a second term. The two candidates had previously gone head to head in a first round of voting on October 2, but neither gained more than half of the votes, forcing Sunday’s runoff vote, which has become a referendum on two starkly different visions for Brazil. Lula da Silva supporters thronged São Paulo Avenida Paulista on Sunday evening after polls closed. The mood was celebratory even before the results were called, with people setting off flares when he was declared winner by the country’s election authority, the CNN report stated. Many had tears in their...