DOLLY PARTON RETURNS TO PUBLIC EYE TO CELEBRATE OPENING DAY AT DOLLYWOOD . (PHOTO).
Dolly Parton returns to public eye to celebrate opening day at Dollywood Dolly Parton made her first public appearance in months to celebrate the opening day of Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, on Friday. The country music icon reflected on the past year, a year after the death of her husband of nearly 60 years, Carl Dean, saying she is “doing good” and has been working to rebuild herself spiritually, emotionally, and physically after grieving and dealing with health issues that kept her from touring. Joined on stage by Dollywood president Eugene Naughton, Parton brought her trademark humor to the crowd, joking about rumors of a new husband while reaffirming her devotion to Dean. She also shared updates on her ongoing projects, including a new Broadway musical and her Dolly’s Life of Many Colors Museum in Nashville. Parton previewed the park’s 41st season, highlighting the upcoming NightFlight Expedition ride, a new “Run Dollywood” race weekend, an updated ...
At about 8:15am today a tricycle known as ''Keke NAPEP'' unknowingly stepped on an Improvise Explosive Device {IED} planted by the side of Biu-Damboa road close to a military checkpoint at the outskirts of Biu town,Borno state.Unfortunately,the IED exploded instantly killing 4 persons comprising of a woman with her baby and 2 other male adults.Three other persons were injured including a soldier and they were immediately evacuated to Biu General Hospital.We regret to state that the injured soldier also died at the hospital.The general area has been cordoned off and Explosive Ordinance Device {EOD} team from Froward Operation Base {FOB}Nin Buratai have been mobilized to carry out further search of the area.Preliminary investigations shows that the IED was buried long time ago undetected.It exploded when the tricycle erroneously stepped on it.We commiserate with the families of the victims of this sad incident.This unfortunate development has brought to the fore,the need for more security consciousness and vigilance among all.We would like to reiterate that the explosion would not deter us from seeing to the end of Boko Haram terrorists wherever they might be hiding through our ongoing clearance operations.We want to use this opportunity to solicit for more cooperation from the members of the public to enable us succed in the fight against the remnants of these criminal elements going by the appellation ''Boko Haram terrorists''.-Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman,Acting Director Army Public Relations.One more photo below.
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