Friday, March 22, 2019

(FOREIGN) Country Singer, Justin Carter Accidentally Shot With His Own Gun

 

   Justin Carter has died after a gun accidentally fired while he was filming a music video. He was 35. Carters’ mother, Cindy McClellan, told Fox News her son was filming a music video in Houston, Texas on Saturday when a gun in his pocket “went off and caught my son in the corner of his eye.” “He was a wonderful artist,” McClellan said. “He was the voice, he was the total package and we’re trying to keep his legend [alive].”

(FOREIGN) Brazil’s Ex-President Michel Temer Is Arrested


     Brazilian law enforcement officials on Thursday arrested former President Michel Temer, local news outlets reported.

(LOCAL) Federal Government Closes Case Against Justice Onnoghen

 
   The federal government has closed its case against the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen.

   The federal government closed its case after calling just three witnesses that testified before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT. Federal government had initially expressed its intention to produce a total of six witnesses to substantiate all the allegations it levelled against the embattled CJN.

(LOCAL) Police Restrict Movement In Kano For Election

 
 
   The Police Command in Kano State said the movement of motor vehicles, tricycles and all other means of transportation would be restricted across the 44 local government areas of on Saturday, during the supplementary election.

(FOREIGN) Captain Of Crashed 737 Max 8 Plane Untrained



   The captain of a crashed Ethiopian Airlines flight did not practise on a new simulator for the Boeing 737 MAX 8 before he died in a crash with 157 others, a pilot colleague said. Yared Getachew, 29, was due for refresher training at the end of March, his colleague told Reuters, two months after Ethiopian Airlines had received one of the first such simulators being distributed.

   The March 10 disaster, following another MAX 8 crash in Indonesia in October, has set off one of the biggest inquiries in aviation history, focused on the safety of a new automated system and whether crews understood it properly. In both cases, the pilots lost control soon after take-off and fought a losing battle to stop their jets plunging down.