Dr Iliyasu Abubakar Sadiq, a lecturer and researcher at Division of Agricultural Colleges, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, was kidnapped from his farmhouse.
Naira weakens to N1,328.50 at official market as dollar demand rises; reserves hit $54.808bn and Brent tops $102 amid global rate and geopolitical pressures.
Visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Thursday his country is interested in oil from Guyana, the small South American nation with the world's highest per capita crude reserves. Guyana, which sits on the northeast coast of South America and borders Venezuela, produces just over 600,000 barrels per day of crude oil but aims to double this by 2030.
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that the average retail price of Automotive Gas Oil (Diesel) has increased in the month of October 2024.
Last month's deadly floods in Spain, the country's worst natural disaster in decades, will have a "limited" impact on its "robust" economic growth, the International Monetary Fund said Thursday.
Volkswagen workers in Germany took a step closer to strike action on Thursday, after unions and management met for the third round of talks over the ailing carmaker's drastic cost-cutting plans. Union negotiator Thorsten Groeger told reporters after the talks that the management side had agreed to evaluate the plans and continue talks "on this basis".
The UK government on Thursday announced sanctions on Angola's Isabel dos Santos, the billionaire businesswoman and daughter of the country's former president, as part of a new anti-corruption drive. The Conservative government of Boris Johnson announced the first sanctions under its new global anti-corruption regime in 2021.
Sales of previously owned homes in the United States picked up in October, industry data showed Thursday, fueling hopes that a slump in the sector may be ending. A key reason that home sales stalled in recent times is that homeowners have been reluctant to enter the market and sell their properties, as they had locked in lower mortgage rates previously.
South Sudan on Thursday rejected claims by a US-based watchdog that President Salva Kiir's family had built up a vast corporate empire in one of the world's poorest countries. South Sudan is one of the poorest countries on the planet and ranks 177 out of 180 countries on Transparency International's corruption perceptions index.
Kenyan President William Ruto sought Thursday to turn the page on a difficult year, cancelling controversial deals with India's Adani Group and vowing to tackle corruption, police kidnappings and gender-based violence. He also addressed gender-based violence after reports that 97 women have been murdered in the last three months alone.
South Africa's central bank on Thursday cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 7.75 percent, adopting caution amid mixed data and global uncertainty. "I think 25 basis points is cautious, and the environment is uncertain, and it calls for caution," he said.
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