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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 ...

KIDNAPPED KADUNA JUDGE RELEASED,THREE CHILDREN STILL IN CAPTIVITY AS BANDITS DEMAND N150 MILLION.(PHOTO).


 Kidnapped Kaduna Judge Released, Three Children Still In Captivity As Bandits Demand N150 Million


A judge of the Upper Customary Court in Kaduna State Janet Gimba who was kidnapped by bandits along with her four children has been released.


But three of her children are still in the custody of the abductors.


Her husband Musa Gimba confirmed the judge’s release but said that the woman was released without her three children.


He disclosed that the bandits are demanding N150 million ransom within three days, threatening to kill them if the money is not given to them.


The female judge who is attached to the Upper Customary Court, Sabon Tasha Division in Kaduna State was kidnapped along with her four children on June 24, 2024, at their residence in the Mahuta area of Chikun Local Government Area in the outskirts of Kaduna metropolis.


But the spokesman of the Kaduna State Police Command Mansir Hassan said the assailants later killed the woman’s 14-year-old eldest son Victor Gimba.


Police operatives found his corpse at the Sabon Tasha Division, Ungwan Bayero of Dutse village near the toll gate, along the Kaduna- Abuja highway on Tuesday, July 2nd.


In the wake of the incident, the police spokesman said the Command’s anti-kidnapping squad collaboration with other sister security agencies was working tirelessly to rescue the victims and also apprehend the bandits.


Meanwhile, a human rights activist and the Chief Executive Officer of the House of Justice Gloria Ballason has described the abduction as contrary to Article 7 of the United Nations Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary and Sections 33 and 14(2)b of the 1999 Constitution that guarantees the safety of judge’s,


She described the murder of woman’s the 14-year-old son as “grisly and blood-curdling “.


The human rights lawyer therefore called on the security agencies to ensure the speedy rescue of the remaining hostages.

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