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.
Billionaire Indian industrialist Gautam Adani, whose business empire has been rocked by US bribery charges against him, is one of the corporate world's great survivors. The indictment accuses Adani Group's leadership of bribing Indian government officials to secure lucrative government contracts.
The Nigerian currency experienced another crash against the dollar on Wednesday, November 20, 2024, after a brief rise in value the previous day.
The US government late Wednesday asked a judge to order the dismantling of Google by selling its widely used Chrome browser in a major antitrust crackdown on the internet giant. From this position, Google expanded its tech and data-gathering empire to include the Chrome browser, Maps and the Android smartphone operating system.
Shares in India's Adani Enterprises slumped 10 percent at Thursday's open after US prosecutors charged billionaire industrialist founder Gautam Adani with paying hundreds of millions of dollars in bribes and hiding the payments from investors.
Deep in South Korea's hinterlands lies a perfect replica of 1900s Seoul: welcome to Sunshine Land, the latest K-drama theme park to cash in on booming K-culture tourism.
Asian markets were mixed Thursday as another blockbuster earnings from chip titan Nvidia smashed forecasts but still left investors disappointed, while sentiment was also being swayed by geopolitical concerns. Markets in Asia were mixed in early trade, with Tokyo, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Sydney, Taipei and Manila in negative territory, while Singapore, Seoul, Wellington and Jakarta slipped.
As civil war pounds Myanmar's economy and drives up prices, garment worker Wai Wai often starts her shift making clothes for international brands on an empty stomach. It is a rare bright spot in an economy crippled by the military's 2021 coup and subsequent slide into civil war.
The founder of US investment firm Archegos, Bill Hwang, was jailed for 18 years on Wednesday for a multibillion-dollar fraud that contributed to the fund's 2021 implosion, US media reported. "The sentence has to reflect the seriousness of the event," said judge Alvin Hellerstein according to The New York Times, which also reported the 18-year prison sentence.
US chipmaking behemoth Nvidia said Wednesday it made a $19 billion profit on record high revenue last quarter as demand continued for its hardware to power artificial intelligence. Nvidia surpassed Apple early this month to become the highest valued company in the world as the artificial intelligence boom continues to excite Wall Street.
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