A car bomb exploded Monday outside the provincial HQ of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the eastern Turkish city of Van, wounding more than 50 people, including four police, local authorities said. Turkish officials blamed the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which has waged a three-decade insurgency against the Turkish state and is considered a terrorist group by Ankara and its Western allies.

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has called on the Muslims to use 2016 Eid-el Kabir celebration to pray for economy stability, peace and harmony in Nigeria. Ogunwusi made the call in his Sallah message to the Muslims in Ile Ife, Osun, on Monday.

Former British Prime Minister David Cameron says he has decided to resign from his seat in parliament “with immediate effect.” “It is not going to be possible to be a normal backbencher as a former prime minister,” Cameron told the BBC on Monday. He added that his presence in parliament could be a “distraction” for his successor as Prime Minister, Theresa May. Cameron had pledged to support May, who “has got off to a cracking start” since she became the nation’s leader in July.

The Acting Governor of Zamfara, Alhaji Ibrahim Wakkala, has charged the people of the state to be security conscious.Wakkala said this on Monday when he paid Sallah homage to the Emir of Gusau, Alhaji Ibrahim Bello at his palace.

Mr Paul Ikonne, All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in Abia, has appealed to Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu to urgently do something to make the roads in Aba motorable. A statement signed by Ikonne and issued to newsmen on Monday in Abuja, stated that rehabilitation of the roads would alleviate the sufferings of Aba residents.