MALIAN ARMY WITHDRAWS FROM KEY TESSALIT MILITARY CAMP. (PHOTO).

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 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...

COURT CONVICTS FORMER STAFF OF NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL KANO TODAY.{PHOTOS}.

Image may contain: 2 people                   The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission today secured the conviction of Uma Yusuf,and Ibrahim Ahmed Bebeji,former Chief Cleriical Officers in the Account and Internal Audit Department respectively at the National Orthopaedic Hospital,Dala Kano State.The duo was convicted for conniving to misappropriate the sum of N3,180,853 {Three Million,One Hundred and Eighty Thousand,Eight Hundred and Fifty Three Naira Only} belonging to National Orthopaedic Hospital Dala,Kano State.The convicts perpetrated the fraud through the manipulation of receipt paid by patients.Upon their arraignment on 29th July,2015 they pleaded not guilty and in order to prove the case against the convicts,counsel for the prosecution,Musa Isah called a total of four witnesses and tendered several exhibits.In her judgment today,Justice Aboki held that the prosecution established the ingredients of the offence of Conspiracy in count one and she accordingly convicted them as charged.Aso on counts two and three,the trial judge found the first accused person guilty as charged and convicted him accordingly.The second convict was discharge and acquitted on count two and three.Before passing the sentence,counsel representing the convicts pleaded for mercy.Consequently,the first convict was sentenced to four months imprisonment and a fine of N50,000 {fifty thousand Naira only} on each of count one and three.On count two the first convict was sentenced to twelve months imprisonment and fine of N200,000 {Two Hundred Thousand Naira Only}.The first convict was also ordered to restitute the sum of N639,428 {Six Hundred and Thirty Nine Thousandd,Four Hundred and Twenty Eight Naira} to the National Orthopaedic Hospital Dala.However,the second convict was sentenced to six months Imprisonment and a fine of N100,000 {One Hundred Thousand Naira Only} on count one.All sentences are to run concurrently.More photos below.
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