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...

I WAS HUNGRY-MAN TELLS COURT WHY HE STOLE TUBERS OF YAM. (PHOTO ).


 I was hungry – Man tells court why he stole tubers of yam


An unemployed man, Cletus Gandu, 40, on Wednesday confessed that he stole two tubers of yam because he was hungry.


The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC charged Gandu with criminal trespass and theft.


Gandu told the Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State that “hunger pushed me to steal yam on two occasions. I beg for leniency.”


The presiding judge, Michael Bawa, reserved sentencing until Aug.6, following the defendant’s guilty plea.


Bawa ordered that he should be remanded.


Earlier, the NSCDC Prosecutor, Mr Marcus Audu told the court that the complainant, Alice Daniel reported the matter at the corp’s office in Kafanchan on July 15.


Audu alleged that the defendant stole the yams from the complainant’s farm in Zonkwa on two occasions.


He said that the offence contravened the provisions of sections 327 and 270 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law.

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