Tag: bank
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Police foil attempts by thugs to loot bank in Anambra community
Tension gripped Ihiala community in Anambra State on Saturday after thugs engaged men of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to gain entrance into a new generation bank. According to an eyewitness who confided in TheNewsGuru.com, TNG, the thugs invaded the sloppy community in their numbers and went straight for the bank. However, they were immediately…
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Bank sacks 865 workers
Lloyds Bank in the UK is shedding 865 jobs, as it resumes cost-cutting measures amid COVID-19 pandemic. Lloyds, the biggest domestic banking group in UK, had temporarily stopped job losses and restructuring early in the pandemic, with the commitment running until October. Union Unite criticised the cuts, which come alongside the creation of 226 new…
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Suspected robbers kill bank customer, cart away cash in Bayelsa
Suspected armed robbers on Friday attacked a new generation bank in Yenagoa, Bayelsa capital, killing a customer, Mr Emmanuel Omomo, and taking away cash he withdrew from the bank. Police spokesman in Bayelsa, SP Asinim Butswat who confirmed the killing, said the incident occurred at about 10 a.m. inside the premises of the new generation…
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Inside Lagos: 16-yr-old boy hides in FCMB bank overnight to steal N340,000
A 16-YEAR-old boy, who allegedly hid in a bank toilet overnight and stole N340,000, was yesterday brought before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The teenager (surname withheld) of Abimbola Street, Even Estate, Ajah, Lagos was arraigned by the Ajah Police Division, Lagos, on a one-count charge of stealing. Prosecuting Inspector Peace Chukwudi told the…
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Last time I stepped into a bank was in 1985 – Pastor Bakare
Senior Pastor of Latter Rain Ministry, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has said that the last time he stepped into a banking hall for any financial transaction was in 1985. The Pastor said the other times he had stepped into a banking hall would be to sanctify a new branch as banks always come to his home…
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Breaking: One dead, three arrested as Police foil bank robbery in Abuja
Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command on Saturday foiled a bank robbery in a First Bank branch located in Mpape, a suburb in Abuja. According to eyewitness accounts, the robbers invaded the premises of the bank as early as 10am. However, less than 30 minutes into their operation, a powerful police team led…
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Man strips naked in bank over ‘disappeared manhood’
A yet to be identified middle-aged man narrowly escaped death from angry mob after he was accused of mysteriously causing the disappearance of another man’s genital organ. The incident which occurred on Wednesday in Benin City, Edo State, at one of the new generation banks located along Sapele Road, caused commotion inside the banking hall,…
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Tribunal reverses N29.2m VAT imposed by FIRS on bank
The Tax Appeal Tribunal, sitting in Abuja on Wednesday, reversed N29.2 million Federal Inland Revenue Service’s (FIRS) imposed as value added tax on Infinity Trust Mortgage Bank. The bank had challenged FIRS’s imposition of the amount. The tribunal chairman, Mrs Alice Iriogbe, delivering judgment, held that FIRS failed to prove that those services carried out…
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Zenith Bank confirms collapse of Interbank transfer platform
Nigeria’s leading bank, Zenith Bank has confirmed the collapse of the Interbank Transfer Platform which enables transfers from one bank to the other. In a statement to its customers Tuesday, the bank said the platform is “currently experiencing technical challenges.” “Due to this, you will be unable to successfully transfer funds to accounts in other…
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JUST IN: Robbers attack bank in Ondo, kill five officials, Vice Principal, others
Armed bandits on Mondays killed seven persons in Ido-Ani, Ose local government area of Ondo state during a siege on the only commercial bank at Isewa quarters in the ancient community. The robbery operation was said to have started around 2.00 pm and lasted for about one hour without any resistance. At the end of…