MALIAN ARMY WITHDRAWS FROM KEY TESSALIT MILITARY CAMP. (PHOTO).
Malian army withdraws from key Tessalit military camp: sources Mali’s army and its Russian mercenary allies have surrendered Camp Tessalit, a strategic military post in the north, multiple sources told the AFP news agency on Friday. An official from the Tuareg-led separatist group claimed soldiers and mercenaries at the camp had "surrendered", following a fierce fight over the weekend. Simultaneous attacks in Mali by militants linked to Al Qaeda and separatist Tuareg rebels on April 25 showed how fighters from different groups with different goals were able to strike at the heart of the West African country's military government. Gunfire and explosions were reported in the capital Bamako and around a large military base outside the capital, as well as Gao and central areas, as gunfire continuing in the northern city of Kidal. Defence minister Sadio Camara was killed at his residence in Kati, a garrison town near the capital, Bamako, following the fierce weekend fighting...
The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC Ibrahim Magu has denied owning any house or houses in the Maitama area of Abuja.Reacting to a report captioned,Magu Under Fresh Probe over 2 Abuja Mansions,which appeared in the The Sun Newspaper of Saturday March 25,2017,the EFCC boss dismissed the story as a work of fiction and threatens legal action against the newspaper and the authors of the story.The report which appeared on page 9 of the newspaper,among others,claimed that Magu is being probed regarding the ownership of two mansions in the Maitama area of Abuja allegedly linked to his wife.Relying on ghost sources,the newspaper claimed that ''the houses being investigated are located in Danube Street,Maitama and Missouri Street,off Colorado Close,Ministers Hill'', It added that ''the two houses were said to have been bought last year''.Magu stated that neither himself nor his wife own any property in Maitama.He urged Nigerians to disregard the report as false and designed by the authors to achieve motives that are obvious.''I don't have any mansion anywhere in Maitama.Would I have two mansions in Abuja yet chose to live in a rented apartment in the same community?.The Sun can take over the properties if they have evidence that they belong to me or my wife'',Magu said.The acting chairman disclosed that he is taking legal action against the newspaper.''This is another calculated attempt t smear my reputation.They may have gotten away with such false reports in the past but I will not let this go unchallenged.I have already briefed my lawyers to institute legal action against The Sun Newspaper,'' Magu declared.
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