Wreckage of Kobe Bryant’s helicopter removed from scene

The remains of the Sikorsky S-76B that crashed into a foggy hillside, killing Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter and seven others, have been removed from the scene of the disaster.

The last of the victims’ bodies also were recovered Tuesday in suburban Calabasas, near Los Angeles, where the chopper went down Sunday.

Investigators airlifted the helicopter’s wreckage onto trucks, which then transported it to a secure location for further examination.

LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva earlier this week warned that it would be a “misdemeanor for anyone to unlawfully access the crash site,” as deputies patrolled the debris-strewn ground to ward off anyone wishing to pick up remnants from the tragic flight.


Meanwhile, medical examiners have formally identified the bodies of Bryant, 41, pilot Ara Zobayan, 50, John Altobelli, 56, and Sarah Chester, 45, using fingerprints, officials said.

Also killed, but not formally identified, were Bryant’s daughter Gianna, 13; Chester’s daughter, Payton, 13; Altobelli’s wife, Keri, and daughter Alyssa; and Christina Mauser, 38, a girls’ basketball coach at a Southern California elementary school.

“We are done on the site,” Jennifer Homendy, a member of the National Transportation Safety Board, said Tuesday in announcing that the feds handed the scene, spanning an area larger than a football field of “about 500 and 600 feet,” over to local authorities.


An iPad, cellphone and maintenance records were recovered among the wreckage, along with “everything we would expect would be on the aircraft,” she said.

She added that the probable cause for the accident may not be confirmed for 12 to 18 months, when a final report will be issued. A preliminary, fact-based report is expected in about 10 days.




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Police forced me to strip to prove that I’m a woman - Kenyan female bus conductor

A Kenyan female bus conductor who has a beard has shared how she was stripped naked in a police cell to confirm her gender.

Theresia Mumbi told BBC Swahili that traffic police in the capital, Nairobi, arrested her and held in a cell with other women.

“Two officers came and told me to take off my clothes. They then examined me. I’m not sure what they saw but they told me to return to my cell,” she said.

She says that the July 2018 arrest over identification documents is still fresh in her mind. She presented her documents and was let go.


Ms Mumbi’s experience made her an advocate for women with unusual features and now she tells her story to create awareness and encourage others to speak out when harassed.

Ms Mumbi was diagnosed with a hormonal imbalance that resulted to her having a beard.


As a young woman she had to shave her beard often until her skin got irritated by the frequent shaving.

“Some years back I had to suspend shaving at some point because my skin was becoming irritable and the stubborn sores were a problem,” she said.


The beard grew and she started hiding from people opting to shop at night.

Pushed by the hard economic times she became a bus conductor to earn a living.

While at work she meets women with unique conditions and encourages them.

She is part of an association of bearded women in Kenya and during their meetings she speaks to the younger women.




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Kobe Bryant’s wife changes Instagram profile picture

Kobe Bryant’s wife Vanessa has made her Instagram account public for the first time since the LA Lakers star’s tragic death alongside their daughter Gianna.

The NBA legend died on Sunday (26 January) aged 41 in a helicopter crash that also killed 13-year-old Gianna and seven other people in Calabasas, California.

Vanessa, 37, has yet to address her heartbreaking loss publicly, but she appears to have acknowledged the deaths by changing her profile picture to one of Kobe and Gianna together.

In the sweet image, Kobe is seen smiling down at Gianna who has her arms flung around the basketball star. It was taken at the NBA All-Star Game in Toronto, Canada back in 2016.


Gianna was Kobe and Vanessa’s second child, as they also share daughters Natalia, 17, Bianka, three, and seven-month-old Capri.

 Vanessa’s return to Instagram comes after a source revealed she is ‘trying to be the strong one’ for her daughters while grieving the tragic deaths. An insider told People: ‘It’s an extremely difficult and devastating time for Vanessa and the whole family.

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WWE twins Nikki and Brie Bella announce they are both pregnant at the same time

WWE twins, Nikki and Brie Bella are both pregnant - and due less than two weeks apart.

The twins, who are expecting with Dancing With The Stars ace Artem Chigvintsev and WWE star Daniel Bryan respectively, insisted they never 'planned' to be expecting at the same time.

After admitting to being 'shocked' that they will be going through the experience alongside one another, Brie - who already has two-year-old daughter Birdie with husband Daniel - said: 'Wait, twins being pregnant at the same time?...

'People are going to think that's a joke. We both are shocked. People are going to think we planned it, but you can't really plan pregnancy!'


And Nikki - who recently got engaged to Artem Chingvintsev - added to People magazine: '[It was] a total surprise. It took even me a good week to come to terms with like, 'Oh my gosh, I'm pregnant.' I'm not ready for it.'




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Edo 2020: Obaseki threatens to expel Oshiomhole

Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki has threatened to expel the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) if he (Oshiomhole) continues to “disrupt activities” in the state and in the Edo APC.

Obaseki handed down the threat when he attended a meeting of the 18 APC local government Chairmen in the state where he also directed the party chairmen to seriously deal with any persons or group carrying out activities outside what the party hierarchy has agreed to do.

 This threat is on the heels of a rally held last weekend in Auchi, Etsako West local government area where thousands of people from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) defected to the APC.

 But the governor through one of the aides, Osaigbovo Iyoha declared the rally as illegal saying there is a ban on political rallies in the state.



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German tourist who booked hotel room with Kenyan girlfriend found dead with cuts in head

Police are looking for a youthful woman suspected of killing her 78-year-old German lover in a hotel room in Malindi, Kilifi County, Kenya on Monday night.

The deceased has been identified as Detering Herman, a tourist of passport number C3K6FV281.

Herman booked himself into a room at Moriema Cottages in Malindi in the company of his alleged girlfriend identified only as Mary, a Kenyan citizen, on Monday night.

Kelly Kazungu, a receptionist at the accommodation facility, told police that he grew suspicious when Herman failed to wake up the whole day.


At 7:30pm Tuesday, Kazungu went to Herman’s room — 177 — and peeped through the window and saw Herman lying on a bed, whose sheets were stained with blood.

Kazungu said upon opening the door to Herman’s room, he found him dead with cuts and scratch marks in the face, back and neck. It is suspected that Mary strangled Herman after getting into a fight with him.

The scratch marks, authorities suspect, were inflicted by Mary using her nails.

Police were called to the scene and took Herman’s body to Malindi Sub-County Hospital morgue, where an autopsy is set to be conducted to ascertain Herman’s cause of death.

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Kobe Bryant’s wife, Vanessa, ‘can’t finish a sentence without crying’- Pals

Kobe Bryant’s wife, Vanessa, is struggling to “keep it together” and “can’t finish a sentence without crying,” family friends say.

The pals told People magazine that the NBA legend’s 37-year-old widow is surrounded by “a good support system” — but “you can never be prepared for this.”

“Despite their ups and downs, [the couple] were soulmates. She thought of him as her partner for life,” a source said of Vanessa and Kobe, who was killed along with their 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven others in a helicopter crash near Calabasas, California, on Sunday morning.


Vanessa is “devastated. She can hardly keep it together,’’ the source said. “She can’t finish a sentence without crying. But she is working very hard to pull it together for the other girls. She now has to be the strong one.”

Vanessa has three surviving daughters with Kobe: Natalia, 17, Bianka, 3, and Capri, 7 months.

Kobe’s wife “is surrounded by people who love her and love Kobe,” the source added. “She has a good support system. She is relying on her faith. She is not alone.

“But she will be grieving this for a very long time.”

A family friend added, “It’s an extremely difficult and devastating time for Vanessa and the whole family.”


Kobe’s surviving daughters are reeling, too, the sources said.

“He had a special bond with each of them,’’ another friend said of Kobe and his kids.

He was “so proud to see [them] take after not only him and Vanessa but also grow into their own.”

The former LA Lakers star said in a November interview that “being a father is the thing I am most proud of in this world; it’s my greatest accomplishment.”

“I’ve learned so much, but perhaps the most profound thing has been the fierce, unconditional love you have for your children when you become a parent,” he said.

Kobe and Vanessa married in 2001, when she was just 18 and he was 22.



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Putin pardons US-Israeli woman jailed in Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin has pardoned a dual US-Israeli national who was arrested on charges of drug trafficking last year.

Naama Issachar, 26, was detained in Moscow in April 2019 after more than nine grams of marijuana were found in her luggage.

She was later sentenced to more than seven years in prison.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked his "friend" Mr Putin for the decision to pardon Issachar.


President Reuven Rivlin also expressed his gratitude to the Russian leader "for the wisdom and mercy of the decision".


Israeli media have reported that the Israeli government was willing to relinquish ownership of a complex in Jerusalem - symbolic to the Russian Orthodox Church - as a goodwill gesture ahead of Issachar's release.

Ownership of the Alexander Courtyard, which lies in Jerusalem's Old City near the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, has been disputed for decades, but an Israeli court recently ruled in Russia's favour.

Naama Issachar was returning from a trip to India when she was detained.

Her case gained widespread attention in Israel, with local media accusing Moscow of using it to pressure Israel over a jailed Russian hacker, whose extradition was requested by both the US and Russian governments.






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EFCC arraigns NOUN undergraduate for Internet fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, on Wednesday prosecuted one Ebenezer Tobiloba Okunlola on a three-count charge bordering on false pretence, impersonation, possession of scam documents and obtaining money by false pretence.

Okunlola, who claimed to be a 300 level student of the National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN, was arraigned before Justice Peter Odo Lifu of the Federal High Court 2, sitting in Osogbo, Osun State.

One of the charges reads, “That you Okunlola Tobiloba Ebenezer, “M” alias Ryan Antley sometime in 2019, in Osogbo, Osun State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court with intent to defraud, obtained lTunes gift cards worth of $750 from one Kimmy Antley, an American citizen when you falsely represented yourself that you are a white man with the name Ryan Dudely the pretext you knew to be false”.


The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges when read to him.


In view of his not-guilty plea, Prosecution Counsel Murtala Usman prayed the court for a trial date and an order to remand the accused in the correctional custody.

But the Defense Counsel, M. O Ademola, made an oral bail application, praying the court to admit his client to bail pending the determination of the charges filed against him.

The presiding judge granted the prayer as he granted him bail in the sum of N10 million and one surety in like sum.

The surety, the judge held, must be a civil servant, a land owner residing within the jurisdiction of the court and must be related by blood to the defendant.

He also ordered that the accused be remanded in the Nigeria correctional service’s custody pending the time he meets his bail condition.

The matter has been adjourned to February 6, 2020.

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France to ban culling of unwanted male chicks by end of 2021

France has pledged to outlaw the practice of culling unwanted male chicks by the end of 2021, as part of animal welfare reforms.

About seven billion male chicks - not wanted for meat or eggs - are killed around the world each year, usually in shredding machines or by gas.

The government said new methods were emerging that would make it possible to test the sex of embryos inside the egg.


But some campaigners said the reforms did not go far enough.

French Agriculture Minister Didier Guillaume announced the reforms at a press conference in Paris on Tuesday.

"From the end of 2021, nothing will be like it was before," he said.



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WWE twins Nikki and Brie Bella announce they are both pregnant at the same time

Nikki and Brie Bella are both pregnant - and due less than two weeks apart.

The twins, who are expecting with Dancing With The Stars ace Artem Chigvintsev and WWE star Daniel Bryan respectively, insisted they never 'planned' to be expecting at the same time.

After admitting to being 'shocked' that they will be going through the experience alongside one another, Brie - who already has two-year-old daughter Birdie with husband Daniel - said: 'Wait, twins being pregnant at the same time?...


'People are going to think that's a joke. We both are shocked. People are going to think we planned it, but you can't really plan pregnancy!'


And Nikki - who recently got engaged to Artem Chingvintsev - added to People magazine: '[It was] a total surprise. It took even me a good week to come to terms with like, 'Oh my gosh, I'm pregnant.' I'm not ready for it.'




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Kobe Bryant’s wife changes Instagram profile picture

Kobe Bryant’s wife Vanessa has made her Instagram account public for the first time since the LA Lakers star’s tragic death alongside their daughter Gianna.

 The NBA legend died on Sunday (26 January) aged 41 in a helicopter crash that also killed 13-year-old Gianna and seven other people in Calabasas, California.

Vanessa, 37, has yet to address her heartbreaking loss publicly, but she appears to have acknowledged the deaths by changing her profile picture to one of Kobe and Gianna together.

 In the sweet image, Kobe is seen smiling down at Gianna who has her arms flung around the basketball star. It was taken at the NBA All-Star Game in Toronto, Canada back in 2016.



Gianna was Kobe and Vanessa’s second child, as they also share daughters Natalia, 17, Bianka, three, and seven-month-old Capri.

 Vanessa’s return to Instagram comes after a source revealed she is ‘trying to be the strong one’ for her daughters while grieving the tragic deaths. An insider told People: ‘It’s an extremely difficult and devastating time for Vanessa and the whole family.

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Foluke Daramola loses 2-month-old pregnancy due to rumour her marriage crashed

Nollywood actress Foluke Daramola has allegedly lost another pregnancy due to psychology trauma she suffered from the fake news that her marriage has crashed.

Her husband, Olukayode Salako sent out a press release debunking viral reports of their alleged failed marriage and revealed that his wife has lost her 2 months old pregnancy after she cried all through the night because of the fake news.

See his post below;

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Paul Pogba desperate to return for Man Utd after "terrible" injury-hit season

Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba is "desperate" to play again - after having his ankle cast removed following surgery earlier this month.

That is according to Red Devils boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who failed to give a date for the French World Cup winner's return from injury.

The 26-year-old has made only eight appearances in all competitions this season having been sidelined for three months earlier in the campaign before deciding to undergo surgery.

"Paul's had a terrible season with injuries, he's desperate to play football," Solskjaer said ahead of Wednesday's Carabao Cup semi-final against Manchester City, where they will look to overturn a 3-1 first-leg deficit.


“If there's one thing that I know about Paul, he loves playing football and he loves just being out there training as well, and it's been playing on his mind.

“Any player who is injured cannot wait to get back on the pitch, you feel so free. He's been playing with pain, so I'm sure when he's pain-free and he's injury-free, he'll enjoy his football.”

And, in another boost for United, Bruno Fernandes is flying into Manchester on Wednesday to complete his move to Old Trafford.






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Kim Kardashian thanks Beyonce for a massive Ivy Park X Adidas package

Kim Kardashian received a huge gift from Beyonce, a massive box of clothing from the singer's new Ivy Park X collection, which re-launched earlier this month.

Kardashian, 39, took to her Instagram story to share several videos of  her checking out a large wheeled cart with an Ivy Park X strap fastened to it, with Kim stating, 'I can't wait to see what's inside.

After looking inside, the reality star gushed that, 'There are literally the most amazing things in here,' while going through the ware.

Kim pulled back one back which featured a grill fashioned out of the famous three-stripe Adidas logo, which Kim said was her, 'favorite grill ever.'


She then pulled back another clear bag which showed an Ivy Park X hat inside along with several other assorted items. \\

She gasped after seeing a body suit, adding, 'There's just so much! Thank you Beyonce so much. Thank you Adidas.'

The fashion mogul ended her small tour of the gift card by showcasing a pair of maroon Adidas sneakers that matched the body suit.

Kim then put her runway modeling skills to the test, showing off the maroon body suit set to Beyonce's hit Run the World (Girls).


She then took some close-up videos of her wearing the form-fitting, curve-hugging bodysuit, with the matching sneakers.

She concluded her flurry of videos with a message of thanks to Beyonce and Adidas for sending her the package.

'Sorry I'm sooo late! Congrats @beyonce and @adidas on such a hugely successful launch,' Kim said.


'I love everything and can't wait to wear it all!!' she concluded.



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Senate Minority Leader calls for Buhari’s resignation

Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, the Senate Minority Leader, has faulted President Buhari following the rising insecurity in the country, asking the president to resign immediately.

Abaribe who is of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), made the call when the Senate discussed a motion on national security challenges and the need to restructure Nigeria’s security system during plenary today Wednesday, January 29th.

While making his contribution to the motion, Senator Abaribe, who was the first to contribute to the motion, faulted the president for failing to tackle the security challenges in the country.

He said; ”If you want to treat an issue, you go to the head. We did not appoint the IG or the security chiefs. We will go to the president and ask him to resign.  Nigerians voted APC because they promised to tackle insecurity but they have failed” Senator Abaribe s



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Reporter reinstated after Kobe Bryant tweet row

The Washington Post has reinstated a reporter who tweeted about historic sexual allegations against Kobe Bryant soon after his death.

Felicia Sonmez posted a link to a 2016 article about the allegations, and received death threats online.

She was later suspended over the tweets - prompting hundreds of her colleagues to condemn the paper.

Managing editor Tracy Grant called the posts "ill-timed", but said they did not break the paper's policies.


"We consistently urge restraint, which is particularly important when there are tragic deaths," her statement read. "We regret having spoken publicly about a personnel matter."

More than 300 Washington Post employees signed a letter in support of Ms Sonmez on Tuesday, including Pulitzer Prize winners David Fahrenthold and Beth Reinhard, and White House Bureau Chief Philip Rucker.

The Washington Post Guild welcomed the decision to reinstate the reporter, although said it was "disappointed" that the paper did not apologise to Sonmez and said the company should prioritise staff safety in the future.

And Sonmez herself called on chief editor Marty Baron to explain why the paper handled the issue as it did, and stressed that she had tweeted about "a matter of public record".

Sonmez tweeted a 2016 Daily Beast story about the rape allegations against Kobe Bryant just hours after the basketball legend died in a helicopter crash that killed nine people - including his 13-year-old daughter Gianna.




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Singer Aramide gushes over her one month old daughter

Nigerian Afro-soul singer and songwriter Aramide Sarumoh, known professionally as Aramide who
welcomed a daughter about a month ago with her hubby Pelumi Alli, announces her gratitude to God as her baby is now one month old.Nigerian Afro-soul singer and songwriter Aramide Sarumoh, known professionally as Aramide who welcomed a daughter about a month ago with her hubby Pelumi Alli, announces her gratitude to God as her baby is now one month old.

I can’t believe I have a one month old baby. Thank God for his faithfulness🤍

— Aramide (@AramideMusic) January 28, 2020

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Court lessens Abdulrasheed Maina’s bail conditions

Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja has lessened the conditions of the bail he granted the former chairman, Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina on November 26, 2019.

The defendant has been unable to meet the bail conditions, which has led to his continued  stay at the Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja. .
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Maina is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a 12-count charge, bordering on money laundering to the tune of N2.1billion.

Recall that the court on November 26, 2019, admitted Maina to bail in the sum of N500million and two sureties in like sum. The sureties, according to the court, must be serving senators with no criminal matter in any of the courts.

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Bayelsa workers protest non-payment of salary, minimum wage

Workers in Bayelsa state have staged a mass protest over non-payment of December 2019 salary and minimum wage from January 2020 salary by blocking the entrance of the treasury building in Yenagoa.

The workers said their anger is that they fear that the outgoing Governor Seriake Dickson who will vacate off on February 14 may deliberately be footdragging to leave the salary arrears to the incoming administration led for the first time in 21 years by an opposition political party.

After 20 years of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, grip on the governance of the state since the dawn of democracy in 1999, the All Progressives Congress, APC, will form a government with David Lyon as the elected Governor.


Also, according to them, the protest was as a result of non-payment of December to salaries some workers and non-payment of the new minimum wage in January 2020 as promised by the state Government.

The Chairman of Trade Union Congress, TUC, Comrade Julius Laye, and Chairman Joint Negotiating Council, Olomo Dimei, while explaining their ordeal to journalists in Yenagoa and at the venue of the protest, demanded the state government pays their salaries as when due and implement the minimum wage like other states in the country.

On his part, the State Chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, John Idiomu, said the address of the Secretary to the State Government to Labour leaders on the reason for the non-payment of workers salaries was not pleasing to the workers; stressing they will only leave the premises if their January salaries are paid.

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