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October 19, 2024 No Responses

Leadway Assurance Blames Gtbank For Delayed Annuity Payment

Leadway Assurance has blamed delay in the payment of September 2024 annuity on transaction challenges at Gtbank.Some Gtbank account holders are yet to receive their payments for the Month of September 2024.Leadway Assurance in a notice sent to annuitants expla...

September 25, 2024 No Responses

Greenwich Merchant Bank Partners PSRG-Richardson On Sustainability For Inclusive Growth

Greenwich Merchant Bank Ltd and PSRG-Richardson have partnered on the key strata of sustainability – health, safety, security and the environment to drive the nation’s economy towards robust and inclusive growth.This was disclosed in a press release si...

July 20, 2024 No Responses

CBN Allocates $106.5m To 29 FX Dealer Banks

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced the sale of $106.5 million as foreign exchange (FX) to 29 FX dealer banks. In a statement issued on Friday by Dr Omolara Omotunde Duke, Director, Financial Markets Department, it was disclosed...

January 10, 2024 No Responses

Zenith Bank Explains Annual Report, Emerges Nigeria’s Best Bank at Global Finance Awards

Zenith Bank Plc has announced its audited results for the year ended December 31, 2023, achieving a remarkable triple-digit growth of 125% in gross earnings from NGN945.6 billion reported in 2022 to NGN2.132 trillion in 2023.According to the audited financial....

December 22, 2023 No Responses

CBN Warns PoS Operators, Banks Against Cash Hoarding

The Central Bank of Nigeria has issued a warning against Deposit Money banks and Point of Sales (PoS) merchants over alleged hoarding of cash in the country. A circular signed by CBN’s acting director of Corporate Communications, Hakama...

March 27, 2023 No Responses

Court Blocks Oyo State Govt’s Accounts In Four Banks Over N3.4b Debt

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja has issued an order attaching funds standing to the credit of Oyo State Government and its agencies in four banks. Justice A. O. Ebong issued the order while ruling on...

February 5, 2023 No Responses

ASSBIFI Seeks Safety Of Banks’ Staff, Property

The Association of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions (ASSBIFI) has again called on the security agencies to ensure the safety and security of banks’ staff and property. ASSBIFI President, Mr Olusoji Oluwole, in a sta...

January 25, 2023 No Responses

NIMASA Task Banks On $350m Cabotage Fund Guidelines

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has issued a 72-hour ultimatum to the Primary Lending Institutions (PLIs), to release modalities for the disbursement of $350 million Cabotage Vessels Finance Fund (CVFF). The PLIs approved ...

January 20, 2023 No Responses

CBN To Sanction Banks Dispensing Old Notes Through ATMs

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Thursday threatened to sanction banks in Cross River dispensing old naira notes through their Automated Teller Machines, (ATMs). The warning came from Ms Glory Iniunam, Branch Controller of CBN in Cross River, during...

January 19, 2023 No Responses

CBN To Banks: Collect Redesigned Notes Or Face Sanction

The Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, has called on commercial banks to approach the apex bank branches across the country to pick up the new naira notes. Emefiele made the call when the apex bank took its sensitisation tour on...

February 25, 2022 No Responses

Gunmen Raid Four Banks, Kill Seven Persons

Gunmen attacked four banks and a Police Divisional Headquarters on Thursday as they laid siege on Uromi town in Esan Northeast Local Government Area of Edo. Eyewitnesses said the gunmen got to the town in their numbers and in several...

December 24, 2021 No Responses

DLM Capital Quotes N2.25b Commercial Papers On FMDQ

DLM Capital Group Ltd has quoted N1.24 billion Series 1 and N1.01 billion Series 2 Commercial Papers (CPs) on the FMDQ Securities Exchange Ltd platform. A statement issued by FMDQ Exchange on Thursday explained that the quotation was approved by the...

August 5, 2021 No Responses

CBN: Banks Refunded N89b To Customers In June

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr Godwin Emefiele, on Thursday disclosed that at the end of June 2021, commercial banks in Nigeria refunded N89.2 billion to customers over complaints. Emefiele made the disclosure during a CBN...