LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The Federal Government says banks will open for commercial operations in Abuja, Lagos and Ogun States beginning Monday, May 4. The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Dr Sani Aliyu, disclosed this in an ongoing update in Abuja monitored by The PUNCH. Aliyu said banks would be allowed…
LAGOS DECEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tax payers have 30 days to obtain their 2020 clearance certificates or else the Federal Inland Revenue Service will impose lien on their bank accounts in order to recover outstanding debt they owe the service. The Executive Chairman, Muhammad Nami, said this in a notice to taxpayers released on Sunday. According to…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 23-year-old Tanzanian woman suspected of stealing money from bank users after illegally obtaining their ATM cards has been arrested by the police. The suspect identified as Halima Juma was arrested on Tuesday November 16, after a bank teller got quite suspicious after she used different cards of the same bank to withdraw money from one…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Approximately 731 banks and 140 government sites were torched in recent unrest in Iran, Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said in remarks published by the official IRNA news agency on Wednesday. More than 50 bases used by security forces were attacked and approximately 70 gas stations were also burned, he said, without…
LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWRANGERS)-Nigerian banks are beginning to review their business model which is still very much the traditional banking system as technology is penetrating deeper into the tasks that workers carry out. Technology has already compelled some banks to limit their expansion rate, while others are shutting down their brick and mortar structures to…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has declared Friday, February 22, 2019, as a public holiday, in preparation for the February 23 Presidential and National Assembly elections. Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Bello Dambazau (retd), made the declaration in Abuja on Wednesday. The Ministry of Interior in a statement on Wednesday night by the Permanent…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-With Christmas and New Year around the corner, most bank customers in Lagos and Ogun state, seem to be going through hellish experiences in the various banking halls, investigations conducted by our regional reporter reveals. It is not limited to bank customers in Lagos and Ogun state alone as media reports have…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Bayelsa State government on Thursday raised a fresh alarm that financial institutions and commercial banks operating in the state were colluding with fraudulent public servants to defraud government. The government explained that the depth of rot being uncovered could not have been possible without the input of some unscrupulous employees of…
