REBELS TO WITHDRAW FROM KEY DR CONGO TOWN 'AFTER US REQUEST'. (PHOTO)
Rebels to withdraw from key DR Congo town 'after US request' The M23 rebel group has said it would withdraw from the eastern DR Congo town of Uvira at the request of the US administration, which had criticised seizure of the town last week as a threat to mediation efforts. The rebels entered Uvira, on the border with Burundi, less than a week after the presidents of Congo and Rwanda met with US President Donald Trump in Washington and affirmed their commitment to a peace deal known as the Washington Accords. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday that Rwanda's actions in eastern Congo violated the Washington Accords and vowed to "take action to ensure promises made to the President are kept." A report by a United Nations group of experts in July said Rwanda exercised command and control over the rebels. Rwanda denies supporting M23 and has blamed Congolese and Burundian forces for the renewed fighting. Corneille Nangaa, leader of the Congo River Allia...
Justice Dije Aboki of Kano state High Court,Kano today thursday June 11 2015,convicted and sentenced Michael Onu a.k.a Abdulsalam Yaro Musa,to eight months imprisonment for obtaining money by false pretence.The convict,using different names,had approached one Hajia Zainab to invest in the purchase of a solar material.The unsuspecting victim,at different time,paid various sums of money into bank accounts supplied by the convict,yet no solar material was delivered to her.In her ruling,Justice Aboki sentenced the accused to four months imprisonment and ordered him to pay a sum of N100,000 {One Hundred Thousand Naira} as restitution to the victim,or risk a further four months in prison.
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