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...

PRES. TINUBU SWEARS-IN 3 NEW MINISTERS. (PHOTOS).



President Tinubu Swears-In 3 New Ministers


                                 

President Bola Tinubu has Sworn-In 3 new Ministers at the commencement of the second Federal Executive Council at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.


The new cabinet members are Malam Balarabe Lawal from Kaduna State as Minister of Environment, Jamila Bio-Ibrahim from Kwara, As Minister of Youth, and Ayodele Olawande from Ondo, As Minister of State for Youths.


The ministers were the three nominated by Tinubu to take charge of the newly created Ministry of Youths and a replacement for former Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai.


The Ministry of Youths was formerly with the Ministry of Youths and Sports Development.


President Tinubu, who is chairing the FEC meeting, took their oath of office and allegiance and took photographs with the new cabinet members.


The council also observed a minute silence for a former member of the cabinet, Late Mobolaji Ajose-Adeogun, former minister of the Federal Capital Territory. 


Ajose-Adeogun, who died on July 1 at the age of 96, was appointed the FCT Minister in 1976 by the Murtala Mohammed military administration and served in the position until 1979.


More photos below. 





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