A TENNESSEE FAMILY, AND AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY, HAS BEEN LEFT STUNNED AND GRIEVING AFTER A PACK OF DOGS TOOK THE LIFE OF A MAN OUT FOR A JOG.(PHOTO).
A Tennessee family, and an entire community, has been left stunned and grieving after a pack of dogs took the life of a man out for a jog. When 43-year-old Marko Bursey arrived in Henning, Tennessee, to visit his parents, he had no idea that he would never be returning back to his home in Nashville. Marko could have never imagined the terrible fate that awaited him, lurking in the woods, near an abandoned school. However, Marko's horrific death has had an indelible effect on not just his loved ones but an entire community as they search for answers on how this tragedy unfolded. The recent release of the 911 call Marko made provides a window into the horror of that July morning. This father of six children had only recently arrived at his parents' home in Henning to visit with his loved ones. On the morning of July 20th, Marko was up early and determined to get a run-in before he drove his daughter to work. Marko headed for a nearby walking trail located behind th...
The Lagos State Government today sunday declared tomorrow monday public holiday to mark June 12 celebration in the State,saying that the State remains committed to the ideals of the annulled 1993 Presidential election.In a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government,Mr Tunji Bello on behalf of the State Governor,Mr Akinwunmi Ambode,the government said the holiday was in honour of the ideas which June 12,1993 Presidential election represents being a day that the country experienced an election that was adjudged as the freest and fairest in Nigeria's history.The Governor said 24 years after,the ideals of June 12 commemoration were worth celebrating,describing the day as one of the most defining moments of the country's political history which has positively shaped its democratic rule.Governor Ambode said the time has come for Nigerians to go beyond the commemoration and entrench a viable democracy as a way to immortalise the late presumed winner of June 12,1993 Presidential election,Chief M.K.O Abiola through the practice of true federalism and conduct of credible and fair elections.He said ''June 12,1993 is a day we must not forget in the annals of our democratic history.Our present democratic experience may still be far from the ideal but we must all make concerted efforts to entrench fiscal federalism which is the only way to achieve true nationhood''.
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