In recent times, Skye Bank has been in the news for the wrong reasons and it is gradually giving some people the impression that sooner or later, the financial institution would become one of the notorious banks that breed fraudsters, especially if urgent steps are not taken to tackle its dwindling reputation. It would be…
Financial institutions are meant to be a place where monies belonging to their customers are kept, but with the rate of frauds being perpetrated by employees of these institutions, some bank customers have continued to sleep with their eyes wide opened. One of such banks that fraudulent activities go on is First Bank Plc. Aproko247…
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has disclosed that from September 1, 2014, withdrawals from the Automated Teller Machines, ATMs, will now attract the sum of N65. This was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by the Director, Banking and Payment Systems Department, Dipo Fatokun. Fatokun explained that the new charge will only be…
Fastest growing Public Relations outfit, PRRedline, has clinched the Outstanding PR Company of the Year award at the just concluded 5th Classic Africa Merit Award, CAMA, 2014, packaged by Classic International Magazine, one of Nigeria’s celebrity journals with diverse readership profile. The ceremony took place at the prestigious 10 Degrees Events Centre in Ikeja, Lagos,…
Brand ambassador for Heritage Bank, Zuriel Oduwole, has wrapped up her tour of six nations. Zuriel has been on the road for the Girl-Child education via her #followTheBallForEducation campaign, which has largely been successful. The tour was brought to an end on Thursday, July 31, 2014, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. She visited the USA,…
A winner has emerged in the 2014 edition of Enactus Nigeria National Competition, which is sponsored by First City Monument Bank, FCMB. The contest is for tertiary institutions in Nigeria. This year’s competition, with the theme, ‘See Possibilities’, was held in Lagos from July 15 to 18, 2014 and contestants from 35 universities and polytechnics…
Foremost financial institution in Nigeria, Union Bank, had entered into a partnership with the country’s first and leading online travel company, Wakanow.com, in a bid to improve business turnover of the company’s affiliates. The deal, according to a statement made available to Aproko247, was signed to provide a global limit of N1 billion overdraft with…
Nigeria’s foremost financial institution, Guaranty Trust Bank plc, GTBank, recently made Africa proud when it emerged the ‘Best Bank in Africa’ at the 2014 Euromoney Awards. The Bank was also named the ‘Best Bank in Nigeria’ at the same event. This now made GTBank to become first Nigerian Bank to win Euromoney ‘Best Bank in…
Policemen, as Nigerians have been made to believe by the Nigeria Police Force, are meant to be citizens’ friends, but in reality, they have mostly become enemies. There are many cases of extra-judicial killings by these ‘men in black’, as police officers are sometimes called by Nigerians, due to the colour of their uniform. It…
Union Bank is in the news, and this time, for the wrong reason. The bank has been dragged to Magistrate’s Court sitting at the Ojokoro, Agbado area of Lagos by an 87-year-old woman, Mrs Sanusi Adebisi, who claimed an amount of money was allegedly removed from her account without her consent. The aged woman, a…