November 4, 2021

Global food prices jumped to a 10-year high in October, a UN agency announced on Thursday as it said the world’s cereal stocks were set to contract.

The Food and Agricultural Organization said its food price index, which tracks changes in the international prices of a basket of food commodities, rose three percent over the month to 133.2 points.

The third consecutive monthly rise in the index brought it to its highest level since July 2011.

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The sub-index for vegetable oils soared 9.6 percent to an all-time high.

The cereals sub-index …

A Taliban military commander was killed when his men responded to an Islamic State suicide bomb and gun attack on a hospital in the Afghan capital, officials said Wednesday.

The Taliban spent 20 years waging an insurgency against the ousted US-backed government before seizing control of Kabul in August.

Now they face the struggle of bringing stability to Afghanistan, which has been hit in recent weeks by a series of bloody assaults claimed by rivals, the Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K).

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At least 19 people were killed in Tuesday’s attack on Kabul’s main …

The developer of the collapsed building in Ikoyi area of Lagos State, Femi Osibona has reportedly been found dead.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that Osibona’s body was discovered among others during the rescue process at the site of the building on Thursday.

So far, 30 people have been rescued from the site of the collapse, with nine being alive and 21 dead.

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The high-rise building under construction by Fourscore Homes, a Lagos-based real estate firm located along Gerrard Road, collapsed on Monday afternoon.

While it is yet to …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Abuja branch, has called on the Federal Government and security agencies for immediate rescue and release of all abducted members of staff of the university.

Africa Daily News, New York had reported that the armed men who are yet to be identified, invaded the staff quarters of the institution on Tuesday morning and whisked away the victims.

The Chairperson of the branch, Dr Kasim Umar, made the call on Thursday at a news conference in Gwagwalada, while reacting to the recent abduction of its members from the university staff quarters.

Umar, …

The Nigerian Navy (NN) has signed a contract with Dearsan Shipyard Limited of Turkey for two new Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) expected to be delivered in 2024.

Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo noted that Nigeria’s aggressive presence in the maritime environment has led to a drastic reduction in criminality.

Gambo said the feat was acknowledged by the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) in its Global Piracy Report of July 14, 201, indicating the lowest piracy and armed attacks against ships in 27 years.

The Naval chief said this was corroborated in October by the Defence Web maritime security …

Two Nigerians based in Ireland pleaded guilty to fraud and money laundering of about €183,000 (about ₦86.9 million) in false Pandemic Unemployment Payments, or PUP, from the Department of Social Protection.

Oluwagbewikeke Lewis, 35, and Bashiru Aderibigbe, 45, pleaded guilty to conspiring to launder money between April to December 2020. The two also pleaded guilty to 11 counts of possession of forged passports, falsified bank statements, and stolen UK passports.

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It was revealed Wednesday at the Cork Circuit Criminal Court in Ireland Wednesday that they had used stolen PPS …