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A Russian diplomat was found dead in October outside the country’s embassy in Berlin, it emerged Friday.

The man, whose lifeless body was recovered on October 19 on the pavement by police, had apparently fallen to his death from the embassy complex, according to the Spiegel weekly which first reported the case.

A German foreign ministry spokesman said the case was “known to the ministry” but would not provide further details.

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Confirming the death, the Russian embassy called it a “tragic accident”.

‘All the procedures related to repatriating the diplomat’s body

A jihadist attack in Niger’s volatile “tri-border” zone with Burkina Faso and Mali has killed dozens of members of a self-defence militia.

The assault took place on Tuesday at Adab-Dab, a village about 55 kilometres (32 miles) from Banibangou in the western region of Tillaberi, a source said.

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A motorcycle-borne defence force was attacked by “heavily-armed members of the ISGS (Islamic State in the Greater Sahara,” who were also on motorbikes, the source said.

‘In all, there are about 60 dead, nine missing and 15 escaped. The mayor of

Members of the Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP) on Friday barricaded Governor Ben Ayade’s office in Calabar over several months of unpaid pensions and gratuities.

They bore placards demanding payment of pensions, gratuities and arrears of pensions owed them between August 2013 and November 2021.

They expressed regret, pain, hunger, anguish, untold hardship and frustration, saying the state government was insensitive to their plights.

They arrived Governor Ayade’s office when he was at the state House of Assembly for the funeral obsequious of late Mike Ogar, a former state legislator.

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The Bauchi State House of Assembly has rejected the recent recruitment exercise by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in the state and described the process as a scam.

A statement signed and made available to journalists in Bauchi by the spokesman to the Speaker, Abdul Ahmad Burra, said the Assembly rejected the recruitment exercise in its resolution on the matter on Thursday’s plenary.

The resolution followed the submission of the report of the House Joint Committee on Security and Public Service on the NSCDC recruitment exercise, led by Honourable Sabo Bako Sade.

The joint committee stated …

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has refuted claims that he owns the land upon which the collapsed building in Ikoyi stood.

Osinbajo, who condoled with the families and relatives of all those who have died and those who were injured or affected in the collapsed building under construction on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, described the incident as a horrible tragedy.

Reacting to allegations that the said land was sold to him by Chief Michael Ade Ojo, Chairman of Elizade Motors; and reports that he some time ago intervened with the regulatory authorities in Lagos State to unseal the said property, Osinbajo …

The Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) has called for a credible and peaceful governorship election in Anambra State on Saturday.

TMG, the foremost independent civil society election observation organization in Nigeria, has over 400 member organisations.

On Friday, the Chairman, Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, in a statement, encouraged voters to turn out en masse and vote.

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The renowned activist said the poll was an opportunity for the people to exercise democratic rights and choose their leader.

Rafsanjani reminded security forces that their duty is to ensure hitch-free voting and urged …

No fewer than six civilians were killed in two attacks carried out by the ADF rebel group in DR Congo, the army disclosed on Thursday, adding that it had pursued and killed four assailants.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) is the deadliest of more than 120 armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, and the US has formally linked it to the so-called Islamic State (IS).

‘The DRC armed forces successfully neutralised four ADF fighters this morning,’ said Captain Antony Mualushayi, army spokesman in the territory of Beni, North Kivu province.

‘These …

A group of angry Muslim Malawian youths yesterday burnt down a church and a pastor’s house in Mangochi district, in the Southeastern part of the country, raising serious concerns of religious tensions in the area.

Africa Daily News, New York Malawi is predominantly Christian, however, the area along Lake Malawi – including Mangochi – has a significant Muslim population and in the past there have been violent religious clashes.

The latest acts of violence are said to have been triggered by allegations that some religious leaders had drawn an illustration of God, which Muslims found demeaning of their religion.

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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, …