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...

COURT GRANTS DELE FAROTIMI N50M BAIL. (PHOTO).


  Court Grants Dele Farotimi N50 Million Bail, Afe Babalola Accuses Him of Defamation


Human rights lawyer Dele Farotimi has been granted bail by the Ekiti State High Court.

The court set his bail at N50 million, requiring a surety of the same amount. The surety must own a landed property. The case has been adjourned to January 29, 2025, for further proceedings.


Farotimi was brought to court by Chief Afe Babalola, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, following his arrest by the Ekiti State Police Command. Babalola, 95, accused Farotimi of defaming him in his book Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System.


The arrest has sparked widespread outrage across the country, with civil society organizations and the Nigerian Bar Association demanding Farotimi’s release.

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