in april, top nollywood actor junior pope died in a boat accident. er hitting canoe in a river killing five people. in this clip, filmed byjunior pope the day before he died, he's clearly concerned about his safety. an investigation found military imfailures. the boat wasn't registered. its driver had no licence, and only one passenger was wearing a life jacket. that's because they'd brought it on board themselves. the bbc has obtained a now deleted video clip from the producer's instagram where she says she was told there were life jacket and junior pope was offered one but didn't take it. actress and screenwriter ruth was a friend ofjune area pope's and she was shocked by his passing. it pope's and she was shocked by his passing-— his passing. it was much more ainful his passing. it was much more painful for— his passing. it was much more painful for me, _ his passing. it was much more painful for me, because i his passing. it was much more painfulfor me, because i- his passing. it was much more painfulfor me, because i have beenin painfulfor me, be

video clip from the producer's instagram, where she says she was told there were life jackets and junior popedn't take it. actress and screenwriter ruth kadiri was a friend ofjunior pope's, and she was shocked by his passing. it was much more painfulfor me because i have been in that exact situation before. so i understood the fear, everything he must have felt at the last minute of his life. i had to shoot an epic movie, so we couldn't use lifejackets. i asked everybody, the team, if everything was ok. they said, yes, the canoe was fine. so i got on the boat. "action", they said, and then they started to paddle. the canoe just tumbled into this very big river. so my colleague, frankincense — that's his name — he grabbed me because i was like, "i can't swim," you know? and stuff like that. it's... it's an experience that i will never forget. actor chidi dike says the industry is learning from its mistakes. the safety record has been quite low, but right now, it's better. so i think the incident was a bit of a wake—up call to everybody — producers, directors, actors. right now, we have to go b

the mavericks trading tim hardaway junior to the pistons cut kentavious caldwell-pope is opting out ofth the nuggets. what that all means is it could open up a couple of new landing spots for play and with the uncertainty of what paul george is going to do, the seventy-sixers maybe also in the mix to sign klay thompson. so stay tuned. free agency is sneaking up that begins officially on sunday at 03:00pm. and then it is just going to be chaos. skies will send it back to you will be interesting to see where they both live. thank you, ben. >> the 2020 for special olympics, northern california summer games are kicking off in santa clara today with the opening ceremony just a few hours away now, actually, just about 15 minutes away now, this year, athletes from dozens of counties will be competing and swimming track and field bochy ball and tennis around kyla grogan is hosting the games this year. she was at santa clara university today where volunteers are busy getting ready earlier this afternoon. she spoke with olympic gold medalist connor fields. he's going to be giving remarks at toni