tinubu's minister, Bianca Ojukwu hailed Soludo after he won all 21 LGAs in Anambra, defeating Nicholas Ukachukwu with 422,664 votes in a landslide victory.
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) under Zacch Adedeji has experienced a massive transformation with an innovative approach with a human face.
Microsoft delivered solid quarterly results on Wednesday, beating analyst expectations with revenue jumping 16 percent to $65.6 billion, but questions were raised about the company's big spending on the AI boom. During the quarter, Microsoft also returned $9.0 billion to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases, helping pump up share value.
Planes, trains, trucks and taxis ground to a halt in Argentina on Wednesday in a major one-day strike over President Javier Milei's austerity policies. The unions called the protest over Milei's plans to privatize national flag carrier Aerolineas Argentinas and to denounce spiraling poverty levels since he took office late last year.
According to Bloomberg in a new report, one of the top 10 underperforming currencies in the world is the naira, which is the currency used in Nigeria.
Ghana's first deepwater oil business, Springfield Exploration and Production Limited, said it had started well evaluation work at the Afina-1x offshore oil field.
Saudi Arabia's new national airline, Riyadh Air, announced on Wednesday it has ordered 60 narrow-body aircraft from Airbus, as it prepares for takeoff next year. The deal announced on Wednesday is Riyadh Air's second major purchase after it agreed last year to buy 39 wide-body Boeing Dreamliners, with options for 33 more jets.
Swiss banking giant UBS said Wednesday it earned a net profit of $1.4 billion in the third quarter, beating analyst expectations. Analysts polled by Swiss agency AWP expected profit of $758 million on revenue of $11.5 billion.
Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD reported surging sales on Wednesday, surpassing global rival Tesla in quarterly revenue for the first time as its push into overseas markets advances. The Shenzhen-based firm's quarterly revenue figure for the first time exceeded that of American EV powerhouse Tesla, which last week posted $25.2 billion in third-quarter revenue.
Ailing auto giant Volkswagen warned Wednesday that "painful" cost cuts were unavoidable as third-quarter profit plummeted, fuelling tensions with unions which fear mass job losses and factory closures on home turf Germany.
The World Bank has cautioned the Central Bank of Nigeria against meddling in the foreign exchange market through FX auctions to banks and other institutions.
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