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Transnational Corporation Plc, Transcorp Group, has declared a total dividend of N20.3 billion, representing N2 per share to its shareholders, at its 20th Annual General Meeting (AGM), held at the Transcorp Centre Abuja.  The total dividend comprises an interim dividend payment of N4.06 billion, representing 40 kobo per share, paid in August 2025, together with a final dividend of N16.259 billion equivalent to N1.60 per share. At the AGM, where the shareholders approved the audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025, the Group Chairman of Transcorp Plc, Mr Tony O. Elumelu, restated the company’s commitment to delivering sustainable…

A US transparency advocacy group has opened a temporary exhibition in New York with only one text on display: a print-out of all the files released by the US Department of Justice — roughly 3.5 million pages — relating to financier and convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein. The library, dubbed “The Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room,” has bound all the documents released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act in 3,437 volumes, all numbered and organized on shelves. “The truth is hard to deny when it’s printed and bound for you to see,” reads the website for…

World record holder and five-time national champion Tobi Amusan will target a third African 100 metres hurdles title as she begins her campaign at the 2026 African Senior Athletics Championships in Accra, Ghana, which gets underway at the University of Ghana today, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Amusan arrives with an impressive record at the continental championships, having won five gold medals across individual and relay events. She won the 100m and 4x100m relay titles at Asaba 2018, repeated the sprint hurdles and relay double at Mauritius 2022, and added another relay gold at Douala 2024. She was, however, expected to…

Long before the winners were announced at the 12th edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards on Saturday night in Lagos, films like “The Herd,” “Gingerrr,” “To Kill A Monkey,” and several commercially successful Nollywood titles had dominated conversations online. Many of the films arrived at the ceremony with strong fan bases, impressive streaming numbers, viral moments, and massive box office performances. But by the end of the night, one film quietly overshadowed the rest. “My Father’s Shadow,” a deeply personal and emotionally layered drama directed by Akinola Davies Jr., emerged as the biggest winner of the 2026 AMVCA,…

Edem Wosurnu of the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, briefed journalists on her recent mission to the Caribbean island nation where violent armed gangs remain in control of large areas of the territory. The worsening crisis is marked by rising insecurity, deepening protection needs, mass displacement, shocking levels of gender-based violence (GBV) and a challenging operating environment for the UN and partners. Families, not figures OCHA is sounding the alarm as over half the Haitian population, 6.4 million people, now need humanitarian assistance.   Some 5.7 million are going hungry, with families skipping meals and children even leaving school to help support their households, while 1.5 million people – 12 per cent of the population – are displaced. “These are not abstract figures,” she said. “These represent families uprooted, families displaced; separated children – many who’ve lost the homes that they knew.”  Violence and…

FirstHoldCo Plc, the parent entity of Nigeria’s oldest commercial lender (First Bank), is moving to double the regulatory capital ceiling for international banks, signaling a new phase of aggressive expansion and balance sheet fortification. In a notice for its 14th Annual General Meeting (AGM) scheduled for May 29, 2026, the group proposed a special resolution to raise up to N253.099 billion in fresh capital, aiming to reach a N1 trillion paid-up capital base—comprising share capital and share premium. “The capital raise transaction shall be implemented by one or more transactions, through the issuance of shares, by way of a public…

Apple dropped iOS 26.5 today, and your iPhone can pick it up right now. Head to Settings, tap General, then Software Update, and the download will be waiting for you. The update is about 14+ GB, so you need Wi-Fi connection before you start. Image source: Iphone 15 pro screenshot This is the last major update in the iOS 26 lineup. Apple’s next big software reveal happens at WWDC on June 8, 2026, where the company is expected to show off iOS 27.  Until then, iOS 26.5 is what you get, and it brings a handful of changes worth knowing…

A 37-year-old Niger State man, Isah Usman, has been arrested for the rape of three boys whose ages are 13, 14, and 15 years. Our correspondent gathered that the act was carried out in his room several times. The incident, it was also learnt happened on April 23 following which Usman, of Angwan Biri Area and who sells honey was accused of forcefully having unnatural carnal knowledge of the  young boys after which he would give them N500 each and some honey, while threatening to kill them if they exposed the act to anybody. Arewa PUNCH further gathered  that the…

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