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RUSSIAN FORCES TO STAY IN MALI TO FIGHT TERRORISM: KREMLIN. (PHOTO).

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 Russian forces to stay in Mali to fight terrorism: Kremlin The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russian forces would stay in Mali to help the country's government battle terrorists following an offensive over the weekend by Tuareg-led separatists and terrorists. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov made the statement after being asked by a reporter how Russia responded to a purported statement from the terrorists saying they wanted Russia to leave Mali. "Russia's presence there is, in fact, due to the need identified by the current government. Russia will continue, including in Mali, to combat extremism, terrorism and other harmful phenomena and will continue to provide assistance to the current government," said Peskov, AFP reported. The Russian Defence Ministry had claimed on Tuesday that units of its African Corps prevented an attempted coup on April 25, 2026 in Mali. It said in a statement that the African Corps units "inflicted irreparable losses" on superior ...

MEET THE CEO OF SHAMIES UNUSUAL CONCEPTS 'SARA ABDUL ROPSHIK'.{PHOTOS}.

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     Sara Abdul Ropshik(aka Abdulshally)  is the CEO at Shamies Unusual Concepts. A humanitarian and philanthropist who reaches out to the under-cared, especially prisoners and the physically abused, through a range of public and private organizations; including Shamies Unusual Heart which is her personal charity foundation. Using her social media platform, she has reached out to a good number of widows across Africa, distributed rice and other relief materials to those in dear need, has also taken a number of kids from the street and some from IDP camps and placed them on scholarship. Very passionate about reaching out to prisoners and bailed some, also helps to ensure that they remain free by enrolling some of them into a skill acquisition training and other trades to help sustain themselves. She is also a partner with PAD UP AFRICA, an NGO that focuses more on the sensitization and general hygiene of the girl child, and educating them on the early stage of pub...

PRESIDENT BUHARI SENDS DELEGATION TO NEW YORK AHEAD OF UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENCY ELECTION.#PRESS RELEASE.

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     Ahead of election for the Presidency of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) scheduled to hold in New York, June 4, 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari, Sunday, sent a Federal Government delegation to support Nigeria’s candidate, Prof. Tijjani Muhammad- Bande. Prof. Bande, who is the Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the UN, will become the second Nigerian to be elected Pres ident of UNGA after Maj. Gen. Joseph Nanven Garba (rtd), who held the position between 1989 and 1990. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amb, Mustapha Sulaiman, is leading the delegation which includes, the Director- General, National Intelligence Agency, Amb. Ahmed Rufai Abubakar; Executive Secretary, Petroleum Technology Development Fund, Dr. Bello Aliyu Gusau; and Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu. President Buhari is confident that Nigeria’s Presidency of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly will provi...

PRESIDENT BUHARI RETURNS BACK TO NIGERIA FROM SAUDI ARABIA TODAY.{PHOTOS}.

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     President Muhammadu Buhari returns to Abuja today after attending the 14th Summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, OIC, in Makkah, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.More photos below.