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At least 17 people were killed in a car bomb explosion in an Afghan city on Thursday as crowds shopped for the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, officials and a medic said. "Seventeen bodies and 21 wounded people were brought to our hospital," Sediqullah, a senior doctor at a hospital in the city of Puli Alam in Logar province, told AFP news agency. The bombing came hours before a three-day ceasefire was to begin in the country for the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, officials said.   "It was a suicide car bomb in a crowded place where our people were shopping for Eid al-Adha," Dedar Lawang, spokesman for Logar's governor, told AFP. The ceasefire, announced by the Taliban, comes at a time when violence has risen across the war-torn country as US-brokered peace talks between the armed group and an Afghan government-mandated committee await the completion of a prisoner exchange between the two sides. The Taliban denied responsibility for the bombing in a

No fewer than two persons have been confirmed dead and over a dozen injured as Boko Haram terrorists fired mortars in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State. A source told PRNigeria, that the terrorists’ attack occurred on Thursday, as Muslim faithful in the town were making preparation for Friday’s Eid-el-Kabir festival. Loud explosions sent many residents to scamper for safety. Mortars were rocketed at innocent civilians in Gwange, Customs Area near Mansur Motors, and Marri, all in Maiduguri metropolis. The Explosive Ordinance Detection (EOD) unit of the Police has been moved ro the areas to investigate the incidents and to determine whether it was an Improvised Explosive Device (IED). Borno Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Aliyu said the actual cause of the explosions was yet to be ascertained as Police teams had been dispatched to the areas. BREAKING: Army Blocks Lance Corporal Martins From Seeing Lawyer And Family Despite Court Order Members of Security and Resp

Rob Davies   @ByRobDavies Thu 30 Jul 2020  20.06 BST Last modified on Thu 30 Jul 2020  20.32 BS Emma Sayle said she had been surprised by Sarah Champion’s intervention, insisting the firm was focused on empowering women. Photograph: Ian Stratton/Shutterstock The founder of a sex party company has hit back at Labour MP Sarah Champion after she criticised the government for giving the firm state support via a Covid-19 business loans scheme. The government loaned £170,000 to Killing Kittens, which  styles itself as a female-led sex tech firm , through the Future Fund designed to help fledgling businesses grow despite the pandemic. The loan, finalised this week, is made up of convertible notes, meaning the government could end up owning nearly 1.5% of the company. The decision prompted criticism from Champion, who  called on the chancellor  to “take steps to stop payments” to Killing Kittens. The firm’s founder, Emma Sayle, said she had been surprised by the i

Justice Chikere of the Federal High Court had on July 22, 2020 made an order mandating the Chief of Army Staff and the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), to grant Lance Corporal Martins immediate access to his lawyer and relative after human rights lawyer, Tope Akinyode, argued an ex parte application before the court. Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Brutai, has blocked Lance Corporal Martins Idakpini, a detained soldier, from seeing his lawyer and family in a contemptuous disregard to an order of the Federal High Court, Abuja. News: I am victimised for exposing Buratai's dealings with Boko Haram Justice Chikere of the Federal High Court had on July 22, 2020 made an order mandating the Chief of Army Staff and the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), to grant Lance Corporal Martins immediate access to his lawyer and relative after human rights lawyer, Tope Akinyode, argued an ex parte application before the court. The judge held that

Nengi has sounded it to Ozo loud and clear that her boyfriend has no right to have a female bestie when she is around. After last night’s eviction show, the two were spotted at the lounge discussing life issues and the things they expect from their partners and the bad sides in a relationship. According to her, she is the possessive type of woman who wouldn’t like to share anything in a relationship. Ozo proceeded to ask her what she thinks of her partner having a female friend which she replied  “female friend kill you there”  repeatedly. To her, her partner can have a female friend but should be distant because she is the one in the relationship and not the friend “I want to be your only friend, I have to be your only friend because you are mine” Nengi’s point is a clear warning to Ozo that he can’t have female friends if they both decide to start a relationship. Watch video below: Follow us on twitter (ajuede.com) or on Instagram (ajuedeman) for details o

As professor of epidemiology at Yale School of Public Health, I have authored over 300 peer-reviewed publications and currently hold senior positions on the editorial boards of several leading journals. I am usually accustomed to advocating for positions within the mainstream of medicine, so have been flummoxed to find that, in the midst of a crisis, I am fighting for a treatment that the data fully support but which, for reasons having nothing to do with a correct understanding of the science, has been pushed to the sidelines. As a result, tens of thousands of patients with COVID-19 are dying unnecessarily . Fortunately, the situation can be reversed easily and quickly. I am referring, of course, to the medication hydroxychloroquine. When this inexpensive oral medication is given very early in the course of illness, before the virus has had time to multiply beyond control, it has shown to be highly effective, especially when given in combination with the antibiotics

Lee was diagnosed with pneumonia in February and had been intubated since then. Taipei Veterans General Hospital confirmed his death at 7:24pm local time (11:24 GMT) on Thursday. Lee served as Taiwan's first democratically elected president in 1996, after a landslide victory that followed eight months of intimidating war games and missile tests by China in waters around the self-governed island. The physically imposing and chari smatic leader thrived on defying China's drive to absorb the island it regards as a wayward province and hoped for Taiwan to be "a country of democracy, freedom, human rights and dignity". "A leader must be tough and strong enough so he can put an end to disputes and chaotic situations," he wrote in his autobiography. The government of  Taiwan , formally the Republic of China, was established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek, after his Nationalist forces lost control of the mainland to Mao Zedong's Communists and fle