The Federal Government yesterday took over three commercial banks – Union, Polaris and Keystone – following the dissolution of their management and boards by the Central Bank of Nigeria. In a statement signed by the Acting Director of corporate Communications, Hakama Sidi Ali, the bank said the action became necessary due to “non-compliance of these banks and their respective boards with provisions of sections 12(c), (f), (g) and (h) of Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act, 2020”. “The banks’ infractions vary from regulatory non-compliance, corporate governance failure,…
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Court grants ex-minister, Agunloye N50m bail
A former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, has been granted bail in the sum of N50m by a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Apo, on Thursday. The court had ordered his remand in the Kuje Correctional Service pending the hearing of his bail application over an alleged $6 billion fraud in connection to the Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Station. Agunloye served as minister between 1999 and 2003 under the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arraigned Agunloye before Justice J.O. Onwuegbuzie on…
Read MoreGlobus Bank staff commits suicide inside office toilet
On January 8, 2024 at about 1pm, a 32 year-old lady identified as Amarachi Ugochukwu who worked as a marketing staff of Globus bank, Ikorodu, Lagos, was found dead in the staff toilet. According to report, she had left her phone on her table and the phone kept ringing which made her colleagues to start looking for her, after which the office toilet door was noticed to have been locked behind. After several taps on the door without response, it was forcefully opened and her motionless body with an empty…
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