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 ADJOURNS BADEH'S N3.97BN FRAUD TRIAL TO OCTOBER 23 TODAY.{PHOTO}.


         Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja has adjourned to October 23, 2017 for continuation of trial of a case involving a former Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Alex S. Badeh. He is standing trial along with Iyalikam Nigeria Limited on a 10-count charge bordering on abuse of office, criminal breach of trust and money laundering to the tune of N3.97billion brought against him by the EFCC. The court had on the last sitting, July 4, 2017 fixed today for arguments for and against the admissibility of documents that the nineteenth prosecution witness, Abubakar Madaki, made reference to in the course of his testimony, but was objected to by the defence. 

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