RUSSIAN FORCES TO STAY IN MALI TO FIGHT TERRORISM: KREMLIN. (PHOTO).
Russian forces to stay in Mali to fight terrorism: Kremlin The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russian forces would stay in Mali to help the country's government battle terrorists following an offensive over the weekend by Tuareg-led separatists and terrorists. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov made the statement after being asked by a reporter how Russia responded to a purported statement from the terrorists saying they wanted Russia to leave Mali. "Russia's presence there is, in fact, due to the need identified by the current government. Russia will continue, including in Mali, to combat extremism, terrorism and other harmful phenomena and will continue to provide assistance to the current government," said Peskov, AFP reported. The Russian Defence Ministry had claimed on Tuesday that units of its African Corps prevented an attempted coup on April 25, 2026 in Mali. It said in a statement that the African Corps units "inflicted irreparable losses" on superior ...
The Enugu Zonal office of the EFCC has arrested three persons: Chukwuma Charles Eze,Ogechii Emeka Okwuosa and Anokwuru Miriam Iheoma,{f} in a case of impersonation and attempt to obtain money by false pretences from the Anambra State Secretary to the Peoples Democratic Party {PDP},Hon Prince Casmir I. Ajulu.The arrest of the trio came to the heels of a petition that a text message was purportedly sent on 26th March,2016 by the Acting Executive Chairman of EFCC,Ibrahim Magu to Ajulu's phone requesting him to send a list of names of House of Representatives designates that want their Certificate of Return for the last election held in Anambra State.Several subsequent messages from the two mobile numbers belonging to Glo and MTN network respectively demanded from the petitioner the sum of N16,0000,000.00 {Sixteen Million Naira Only} assuring him that the EFCC Chairman was in touch and working with the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission {INEC}.The suspects on sensing the reluctance of the complainant in cooperating with them started sending some text messages and calls threatening to deal with him if he failed to pay the said amount.But in a statement made by Iheoma who claimed to be Eze's girlfriend,Eze collected her account details and that she was not privy to whatever business it was meant to be used for.On his own part,Eze said he collected the account detail because his friend Ogechi Emeka Okwuosa had asked him to find a UBA account with which he {Okwuosa} needed to use to receive money from someone.Further investigation is being carried out to determine the spread of the alleged syndicate's activities and their possible victims.
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