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People at site of huge blast that killed at least 80 people describe scenes of confusion and large- scale destruction.  Witnesses described scenes of panic, confusion and destruction following a devastating bomb blast at Kabul's diplomatic quarter that killed scores of people and wounded hundreds. "[I have] not heard something this big before", Fatima Faizi, a Kabul resident, told Al Jazeera, minutes after the blast on Wednesday. At the Wazir Akhbar Khan hospital, there were scenes of chaos as ambulances brought in wounded and frantic relatives scanned casualty lists and questioned hospital staff for news. "I couldn't think clearly, there was a mess everywhere," Nabib Ahmad, who was lightly hurt, told the Reuters news agency. A suspected truck bomb ripped through the heart of Kabul's diplomatic area in a "earthquake-like" blast described by officials as "one of the biggest" to have hit the city. At least 80 people were ...

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Kogi High Court on Monday granted bail to five accused persons, including the Administrator of Ijumu Local Government,Alhaji Taufiq Isah, charged with attempt toassassinate Sen. Dino Melaye. Sen. Dino Melaye Justice Arome Akogwu, in granting the bail in Lokoja, said the three weeks the accused spent in custody was far beyond the period allowed by the Constitution. Akogwu also said the accused, through their counsel, A.M. Aliyu (SAN), in his oral application for bail, had undertaken to attend their trial adding that the prosecuting counsel did not object to the presumption of innocence pleaded by Aliyu. The judge, therefore, expressed satisfaction with the submission of the defence counsel and granted bail to each of the accused in the sum of N1 million with a reliable surety who must be a senior civil servant in the state in like sum. He adjourned hearing in the case No.HCL/58c/2017 between the Inspector General of Police and Alhaji Taufiq Isah and four others. Earlier, the lead p...