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More than 100 US troops have now been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries from Iran’s missile attack on a base in Iraq last month, the Pentagon announced Monday. There are now 109 cases, up from the 64 reported in late January, officials said. Seventy-six of the service members who suffered traumatic brain injuries, or TBI, have returned to active duty, the Pentagon said. The injuries stem from Iran’s retaliatory airstrike on Ain as-Asad base, where US service members were stationed. No US troops were killed or faced immediate bodily injury in the attack, which was a response to the US drone strike near Baghdad airport that killed Iran’s top general, Qassem Soleimani, on Jan. 3. But the Pentagon has since upped the number of traumatic injury cases several times, noting that symptoms can take time to develop and troops sometimes delay reporting their ailments.

The president of Jackson State University was arrested over the weekend for allegedly trying to solicit a prostitute, police said. William Bynum Jr., 57, was one of 17 people busted in an undercover prostitution sting, according to Clinton Police Chief Ford Hayman. Bynum Jr. resigned as the head of Jackson State University on Monday. The suspects were caught at a hotel in the town of Clinton after being directed there from an online prostitute ad, Hayman said. When busted, Bynum Jr. allegedly gave cops a fake name. He was charged with procuring services of a prostitute, false statement of identity and simple possession of marijuana. Shonda McCarthy, 46, another Jackson State University employee, was also arrested in the sting. McCarthy, the school’s art galleries director, was charged with procuring services of a prostitute and possession of marijuana while operating a motor vehicle.

The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Partyand some party members in the National Assembly, on Tuesday, peacefully protested at the embassy of the European Union. The PDP National Secretary, Senator Ibrahim Tsauri, who led the protest presented the party’s protest letter to the embassy officials. The protesters later proceeded to the embassy of France. Tsauri said democracy has been derailed in Nigeria and solicited the cooperation and assistance of the international community.

Afghanistan Interior Ministry on Tuesday said six people were killed and 12 others wounded in an explosion near a military academy in the capital Kabul. According to the ministry, a suicide bomber blew himself up at a roundabout close to the Marshal Fahim Military Academy. The Ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi said two civilians and four army personnel were killed and at least 12 others, including five civilians, were wounded. According to Rahimi, the figures are initial and subject to change adding that the site of the incident has been cordoned off by security forces. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. In a WhatsApp message, a Taliban spokesman told dpa that the insurgents were still investigating whether they were involved in the attack in any way. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani called the bombing a crime against humanity. Ghani said in a statement that the nation demands an immediate end to the violence and a durable ceasefire. Repr...

Suspected riders of motorcycles and tricycles, on Monday, protested their ban by the Lagos State Government. During the protest in Ijora area of the state on

Nigeria, Wednesday in Sochi, Russia, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Russia for the modernisation, development of railway infrastructure, rehabilitation of the existing Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) rolling stock-fleet and upgrading of workshops across the country. The MoU involves two Russian firms: Russian Joint Stock Company Russian Railway (JSCRR) and Transmash Holding, a private rolling stock manufacturing company. Signing the agreement on behalf of the Nigerian government, Minister of Transportation, Mr. Chibuike Amaechi, stated that the move was to boost and fastrack the construction of the rail manufacturing company at Kajola, Ogun state. Amaechi, signed the agreement with CEO/Chairman, Joint Stock Company Russian Railway, Oleg Belozerov, during the Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi, Russia.

Tragedy occurred again at the notorious Otedola Bridge, Lagos, along Lagos- Ibadan Expressway, in the early hours Wednesday, when many were feared dead in fatal multiple-accident. According to an eyewitness, Remilekun Abiola, the accident involving five vehicles, occurred about 8 am during the early morning downpour at Otedola Bridge, out ward Lagos to Berger. Though, the immediate and remote cause of the accident could not be ascertained at press time, but eyewitness attributed over speeding and sloppy nature of the road by Otedola Bridge, coupled with the heavy rainfall which affected visibility of motorists. At press time, one of the victims, an unidentified male, has been confirmed dead by men of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA and Lagos State Ambulance Service, LASAMBUS, who raced to the tragic scene. There were different versions on the number of casualties. While eyewitnesses said many people died, LASEMA confirmed one person dead so far...