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Jun

2024

Heritage Bank Customers Besiege Headquarters For Payment

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Heritage Bank Customers Throng Headquarters For Payment Customers of the liquidated Heritage Bank gathered at the bank’s headquarters in Lagos on Wednesday, to seek clarification on the beginning of their deposit payments. A visit by a News Agency of Nigeria correspondent revealed that security personnel stationed at the bank’s entrance prevented customers from entering the premises. Addressing the customers through the gate, an official informed them that payments had begun for savings account holders and would continue until Friday. “You don’t need to take any action. NDIC staff are already processing payments. Your money will be transferred to your other…

Jun

2024

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Femi Otedola Tackles Jim Ovia, Exposes ‘Fraudulent Transactions’ In Zenith Bank Account

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Femi Otedola Tackles Jim Ovia, Exposes ‘Fraudulent Transactions’ In Zenith Bank Account The face-off between Femi Otedola, billionaire businessman, and Jim Ovia, chairman of Zenith Bank, over an alleged multibillion naira fraud has taken a turn for the worse, TheCable understands. Otedola had accused Ovia of unlawfully using the Zenith Bank account of his company, Seaforce Shipping Limited, to trade in 2011 without his knowledge or consent. Although this and other allegations are being investigated by the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) of the police, moves are being made to resolve the matters amicably. TheCable has contacted Ovia and Zenith…

Jun

2024

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CBN Speaks Over Reports Of Planning To Revoke Licenses Of Unity, Polaris, Keystone Banks

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CBN Speaks Over Report Of Planning To Revoke Licences Of Unity Bank, Polaris Bank, Keystone The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has no plans to revoke the licences of Unity, Polaris, and Keystone banks. Online reports had claimed the apex bank would terminate the licences of the three banks, following the revocation of Heritage Bank’s licence. However, in a post on its social media pages on Tuesday, the bank said the content was not authentic. “The content is fake and not from the CBN,” the post reads. On June 4, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) revoked the…

Jun

2024

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Zenith Bank’s First Female GMD Assumes Office

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𝐙𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐤'𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐆𝐌𝐃 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 The newly appointed Group Managing Director of Zenith Bank Plc, Dr. Adaora Umeoji, assumed duty at the bank's head office in Lagos on Monday. The company revealed this in a video shared on its Facebook page on Monday. The caption read, "Dame (Dr.) Adaora Umeoji OON, Group Managing Director / CEO, Zenith Bank Plc, arrives Zenith Bank Head Office in Lagos." PUNCH Online had earlier reported that the company's secretary, Michael Otu, disclosed in a statement that Umeoji's appointment was effective June 1. Umeoji takes over from the former GMD, Dr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu,…

Jun

2024

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First Bank Employee On The Run After Diverting N40 Billion

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First Bank Employee On The Run After Diverting ₦40 Billion First Bank of Nigeria has initiated legal proceedings to recover substantial sums of money allegedly embezzled by an employee. The bank, which boasts a market capitalization of ₦829 billion, reported the incident to the Nigerian Police Force on March 25, 2024, and subsequently obtained multiple court orders to freeze accounts linked to the stolen funds. According to Tech Cabal, the employee at the centre of the scandal, Tijani Muiz Adeyinka, was a manager on the electronic products team at First Bank’s head office in Iganmu, Lagos. Adeyinka, now a fugitive,…

May

2024

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FG Plans Single-Digit Loan Scheme For Media Houses

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FG Plans Single-digit Loan For Media Houses Apparently concerned about the high cost of production inputs, the federal government plans to support interested media houses with single-digit loans to keep them in business. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, announced the intervention at the ministerial performance briefing to mark the first year of the Tinubu administration in office. He said the proposed loan for media establishments was being coordinated by the Bank of Industry, BOI.He said: “We are also creating an enabling environment for all players and stakeholders in the media and information ecosystem to thrive. “One highlight…

May

2024

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CBN Sacks Over 200 Senior Staff Members

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CBN Sacks Over 200 Senior Staff Members No fewer than 200 officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria were on Friday relieved of their duties. This is an addition to the long list of ongoing disengagements in the apex bank. This adds to the list of 117 staff sacked by the bank between March 15 and April 11, 2024. The termination of appointments affects directors, deputy directors, assistant directors, principal managers, senior managers and lower-ranking staff. Sources say those sacked are not less than 200. A staff member who could not disclose further details for fear of victimisation added that…

May

2024

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Court Seizes $4.7m, N830m, Multi-billion Assets Linked To Emefiele (Full List)

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Court Seizes $4.7m, N830m, Multibillion Assets Linked To Emefiele (Full List) A Federal High Court sitting at Ikoyi, Lagos has ordered an interim forfeiture of the sums of $4,719,054 million USD, N830,875,611 million, and several properties linked to the embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. Justice Yellim Bogoro made the order on Thursday, May 23, 2024 following an ex-parte argued by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) counsel, Bilkisu Buhari and C.C Chineye. “I find merit in the application and same hereby granted as prayed. “The applicant should publish this order in any…

May

2024

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Drama As Binnance Executive Gambaryan Slumps In Abuja Court

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Drama As Binance Executive Gambaryan Slumps In Abuja Court Thursday’s scheduled proceeding on the trial of the detained Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan, at the Federal High Court Abuja quickly took a dramatic turn following the defendant’s collapse. Shortly after the matter was called upon by the court registrar for continuation of trial, the defendant did not step forward to the dock. He remained seated at the back as usual. Curious, the trial Judge, Justice Nwite, asked where the 2nd defendant (Gambaryan) was. One of the lawyers in the defence team, who sat beside Gambaryan, assisted him by the side while…

May

2024

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Only Applicants From Federal Institutions Can Access Students Loans – FG

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Only Applicants From Federal Institutions Can Access Student Loans – FG Managing Director of Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), Akintunde Sawyerr, has revealed that a maximum of 1.2 million students across federal tertiary institutions will access the students’ loans in its opening phase. Speaking ahead of the portal’s formal launch for applications on Friday, he stated that students enrolled in federal tertiary institutions whose institutions have finished uploading their data would be able to apply in the first phase. Sawyerr stated that potential candidates can start the application process as early as May 24, but stressed that the loan application…