Tag: bank
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Why banks don’t give loans to Nollywood filmmakers-Jim Iyke
Popular actor and filmmaker, Jim Iyke says financial institutions can’t give enough loans to Nollywood filmmakers because the industry has not been able to achieve a structural framework that makes it appear bankable. The outspoken role interpreter made this known in a chat with HipTV. “There’s a lot we need. People say banks and financial…
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…as Bank Empowers 9 schools In its resolve to overcome one of the biggest healthcare challenges facing teenage girls from less privileged homes in Nigeria, Polaris Bank has launched a Feminine Hygiene initiative. The programme has so far seen the Bank sensitize over a thousand secondary school girls on feminine hygiene practices and provide them…
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Female Micro Finance Bank Managing Director to spend five years in jail for fraud
Justice M.M. Abubakar of Bauchi State High Court, Bauchi on August 11, 2021 convicted and sentenced Sarita Aliyu Bello, Managing Director of Workman Microfinance Bank, Bauchi, to five years imprisonment on a two-count charge bordering on misappropriation and forgery brought against her by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The offence is contrary to Section…
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Family buries policeman killed during Osun bank robbery
The policeman who was killed during the bank robbery in Iree town, Osun State has been buried on Friday. The deceased, Jeleel Aladeokin, better known as Kay, was one of the constabularies recruited into the police from the area. The armed robbers, on Thursday, attacked branches of United Bank of Africa (UBA) and Access bank…
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Armed robbers attack bank in Ekiti, kill police officer
Armed robbers have attacked a commercial bank in Otun Ekiti in Moba local government area. Police Public Relations Officer in Ekiti State, Sunday Abutu confirmed that a police officer was killed in the robbery attack which took place on Thursday at about five in the evening. Abutu explained that the group of armed men stormed…
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Again, presidency comes for PDP governors: They want NNPC to ‘break the bank’ for their political gains
The Presidency has said that the latest Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum communiqué is a spectacular demonstration to Nigerians as to why the opposition party and its representatives should not be entrusted with the national leadership of the country at any time soon. This comment is in reaction to the PDP governors’ take on…
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Armed robbers attack bank, police station in Delta State, kill three
There was tension in Issele-Uku community in Aniocha South local government area of Delta State on Tuesday after a deadly attack by armed robbers. According to reports, the gunmen attacked a commercial bank shooting sporadically before breaking into the facility with dynamites. They were said to have had access to the bank’s vault, fleeing with…
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Daylight robbery: Heavy shootings as gunmen invade bank in Warri, Delta State [VIDEO]
Some daredevil gunmen in broad daylight on Saturday invaded a bank in Udu, Warri, Delta State. A bystander who was close to the robbery venue sent the video to TheNewsGuru.com, TNG. It was not clear how much the robbers who came in two vehicles carted away as at the time of filing this report. Watch…
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Robbers invade Ondo bank, kill one, injure scores
There was pandemonium in Ode Irele, headquarters of Irele Local Government Area of Ondo State on Thursday as armed robbers attacked a branch of Union Bank Plc in the town. According to an eyewitness, the bandits numbering nine stormed the bank at about 4.10pm and carted away an undisclosed amount of money from the bank…
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#EndSARS: We evacuated N2bn from banks-Army
The Nigerian Army on Saturday said it evacuated about N2bn from banks in Lagos State after hoodlums began to attack and loot banks and businesses in the mayhem that followed the #EndSARS protests. The Commander of 81 Military Intelligence Brigade, Victoria Island, Lagos, Brig. Gen. Ahmed Taiwo, said this on Saturday while testifying before the…