Zenith Bank pays shareholders N97.33bn dividend
It was a bumper harvest for shareholders of Zenith Bank Plc. on Wednesday, April 6, 2022 in Lagos, as N97.33 billion was approved as their dividend payment at the 31st Annual General Meeting (AGM). The shareholders unanimously approved the proposed final dividend of N2.80 per share which brings the total dividend for the 2021 financial year to N3.10 per share...
Russia-Ukraine war: Latest developments
Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine: 'Last chance' to leave East A Ukrainian official warns residents in the east that they have a "last chance" to flee before a major Russian offensive expected in the region. "These few days may be the last chance to leave," says Sergiy Gaiday, governor of the Lugansk region, where the city of...
Buhari receives new revenue formula’s report, defers decision
President Muhammadu Buhari has said he would await the final outcome of the constitutional review process before presenting the report of the review of the vertical revenue allocation formula to the National Assembly as a Bill for enactment. The President stated this on Thursday in Abuja while receiving the report by the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), led...
Atiku: How Nigeria can defeat insecurity
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has disclosed how Nigeria can get rid of the insecurity bewildering the country. Atiku, who was reacting to the recent attack in the Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State where no fewer than 11 soldiers were killed by terrorists, said the citizens of the country need to be united to defeat terrorism. The Star...
VIDEO: Why we released BoA MD — Bandits
The abductors of the kidnapped Managing Director of the Bank of Agriculture (BoA), Alwan Ali-Hassan, have disclosed the reason he was released from captivity. The Star had earlier reported that Ali-Hassan regained on Wednesday after nine days in captivity. The BoA MD was kidnapped by bandits who attacked the Abuja-Kaduna train with over 362 passengers on March 28. His release was confirmed...
Sanwo-Olu names MC Oluomo chairman, Park Mgt C’ttee
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Santo-Olu, has appointed Musiliu Ayinde Akinsanya, well known as MC Oluomo, as the chairman of a committee to oversee the affairs of all motor parks and garages in the state. Sanwo-Olu said the appointment was in fulfillment of the government’s promise to ensure that events in the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) are not allowed...
2023: Nigeria needs wealth creators, not sharers — Obi
Former Governor of Anambra State and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Peter Obi, says Nigeria now needs wealth creators, not wealth sharers. Obi spoke with newsmen shortly after briefing the National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP on his 2023 presidential ambition in Abuja on Wednesday. The former vice presidential candidate of the party in the 2019 election expressed displeasure...
2022: Oni escapes assassination as thugs attack SDP secretariat in Ekiti
The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Ekiti State, Engr. Segun Oni, on Wednesday narrowly escaped assassination in Efon Alaye in the Efon Local Government Area of the state, following an attack on his campaign train by suspected political thugs. It was gathered that the thugs stormed the SDP Secretariat in the town where Oni, a former...
VIDEO: Abducted BoA MD regains freedom
The abducted Managing Director of the Bank of Agriculture (BoA), Alwan Ali-Hassan, has been released by his abductors. Ali-Hassan was regained freedom on Wednesday after nine days in captivity. The BoA MD was kidnapped by bandits who attacked the Abuja-Kaduna train with over 362 passengers on March 28. His release was confirmed by a senior official at the Bank of Agriculture on...
Buhari redeploys minister
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the re-deployment of Mohammed H. Abdullahi as the new Minister of Environment with immediate effect. Until his appointment, Abdullahi was the Minister of State for Science, Technology and Innovation. The latest development was made known via a statement issued on Wednesday and made available to The Star by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation,...
