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 JAILS MAN TODAY 27 MONTHS FOR JOB SCAM AT ABUJA.{PHOTOS}.

Image may contain: 1 person              Justice O.A Adeniyi of the FCT High Court sitting in Apo,Abuja today tuesday,June 20,2017 convicted and sentenced one Micheal Ogun {a.k.a Idris Sulieman,Ibrahim Bello} to 27months imprisonment on a six-count charge of forgery and obtaining by false pretence brought against him by the Econnomic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC.Ogun,allegedly poses as an officer of the Nigeria Customs Service,NCS and Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps,NSCDC,and in that assumed capacity defrauding innocent Nigerians of their hard eearned money under the guise of securing them job in the two agencies.The job scam was reported to the EFCC by one Angela Chinwe Okeke after being duped by the defendant.In the course of thr trial,Ogun changed his plea following a plea bargain agreement.At the resumed sitting today,Justice Adeniyi asked the defendant to carefully study the plea bargain agreement.At the resumed sitting today,Justice Adeniyi asked the defendant to carefully study the plea bargain arrangement and confirm if he fully understood the terms and conditions contained therein noting that,the matter was adjourned for conviction and conclusion of the trial,following chilling evidences tendered against him by the prosecution.Responding,Ogun's counsel,Samuel Zibiri,SAN,stated that the defendant has pleaded guilty to all counts.Referring to paragraph three of the plea bargain,Zibiri urged the court to look at the option of fine adding that the defendant is a young married man with a wife and two infants alongside his aged parents.He further stated that Ogun will restitute all his victims with veritable claims and proof of monies paid.Justice Adeniyi,after a careful perusal of the plea bargain terms ruled out the option of fine holding that,''the plea bargain was an afterthought coming in at the dying minute after the prosecution has proved its case beyond every reasonable doubt''.The judge,thereafter,found the defendant guilty and sentenced him to three months each on counts one to five without an option of fine and one year on count six.Additionally,the convict is to refund the money fraudulently collected from all his clients.More photos below.
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