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...

POLICE SEAL OFF AKWA IBOM STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY TODAY.

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     According to Channels TV ''The premises of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly in Uyo, the state capital, has been sealed off by the police.

Lawmakers and staff of the Assembly were reportedly denied access into the complex on Wednesday as it was cordoned off by armed police personnel.
There is also a heavy security presence at all the entrances leading into the complex.
Police authorities are, however yet to react to the development.
The crisis had earlier erupted at the State House of Assembly on Monday, when the Speaker, Onofiok Luke, declared vacant the seats of five lawmakers who had defected from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Also, the National Chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiomhole, in reaction to the incident lamented that members of his party are being intimidated in states controlled by PDP.
Oshiomhole also claimed that the state governor colluded with police officers to intimidate APC members''.
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