Hackers hit bank ATMs in Lagos

A large number of Automated Teller Machines located in some posh areas of Lagos like Victoria Island, Lekki Peninsula Phase I and II, and Ikoyi have been attacked by hackers and electronic fraudsters, it has been learnt.

The hackers are said to be fixing small fraud tools on the ATMs in order to harvest the passwords of cardholders who come to collect cash or do some other transactions on the machines.

Top bank officials privy to the development said a number of banks had deployed detectives to monitor their ATMs in those locations, especially in the Victoria Island and Lekki axis.

Man finds £1.25million has been put into his bank account

There’s a bit of a Monopoly theme to the news today, what withLondon being orange on the new international edition, and the tips onhow to win being unveiled.

But it all became a bit too real life for Kieran McKeefery when a bank error went in his favour, leaving him with £1,245,000 in his account.

Photo: Police Arrests Ex-Banker, Undergraduates For Kidnapping And Robbery

Thirty-two-year-old Edet Ekuno, an ex-banker, and seven others are currently in the police net for alleged kidnapping, robbery and illegal dealing in arms.

Ekuno, it was learnt, worked with one Hope Okon, an ND 2 Computer Engineering student at a polytechnic in Akwa Ibom; Sunday Samiga, Unagbon Isaiah and other suspects at large, to kidnap unsuspecting well-to-do residents around Lagos and Akwa Ibom states.

Bank Staff Arrested For Withdrawing N875K From Dead Customer’s Account In Lagos

Opeyemi Opetuga is a 35 year old banker who once worked with Skype Bank but got arrested for withdrawing N875,000 from a dead customer account without the bank’s approval.

She who was working at the Alausa branch of Skype bank in Lagos, was arrested by the police when the crime was discovered, currently resting in Kirikiri prisons in Apapa pending the time she will fulfill her bail conditions.

Photo: Woman rips apart ATM with her bare hands after it wouldn't let her withdraw any cash

A woman seemed to experience a brain snap after she couldn't get any cash out of the ATM prompting her to tear apart the machine with her own hands.

The lady created quite a scene in a shopping mall in Dongguan in the Chinese province of Guangdong when she astoundingly dismantled the machine within a matter of minutes.

Somalia's first ATM machine opens in Mogadishu

Somalia’s first-ever cash withdrawal machine has been installed in the capital, Mogadishu. Some people are confused about how the machine works because they have never used one before, reports the BBC’s Mohamed Moalimu from the city. The machine, installed by Salaam Somali Bank in an upmarket hotel, allows customers to withdraw US dollars.

Hackers rob Nigerian bank of N6.3billion

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is on the trail of a group of computer hackers, who had stolen N6.28billion, about $40million, from a Nigerian bank.

At the head of the IT thieves is Godswill Oyegwa Uyoyou, who worked in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) department of the unidentified bank.

He is now on the run, according to a report in a weekly newspaper. Uyoyou allegedly conspired with others and hacked into the bank’s computers, disbursing the funds to various accounts as they pleased. Uyoyou, who hails from Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State, is said to have carried out the massive heist over a short period of time.

Court ‘freezes’ Dangote’s accounts in 20 banks over debt

A Federal High Court has temporarily frozen at least 20 accounts belonging to Sani Dangote, a brother to billionaire businessman Aliko Dangote, over his alleged failure to pay a N5.2 billion obtained from Union Bank.

All cheques drawn on all of Mr. Dangote’s accounts in 20 banks are not to be honoured, the court in Lagos ordered Thursday.

CBN goes ahead with N65 charges on ATM withdrawals despite outcries

Despite the controversies trailing the introduction of N65 charges on Automated Tellers Machine, ATM, by the Central Bank of Nigeria, Commercial banks in Nigeria will commence the operation as from today, September 1.

DailyPost reports that the apex bank had announced a fresh plan to bring back the charges penultimate week.

Explaining why it is introducing the charges, the CBN claimed that the removal of ATM charges was wrong in the first instance, adding that there was no way a bank could recover its costs and improve on profitability with such remaoval.

UBA announces former MD, Tony Elumelu as new Chairman

The Board of United Bank for Africa Plc, UBA, on Tuesday named Mr. Tony O. Elumelu, CON, as Chairman to succeed Ambassador Joe Keshi.

Mr. Elumelu until this new appointment is Chairman/CEO of Heirs Holdings, the pan-African proprietary investment company, founded by him in 2010.

Elumelu retired as Group Managing Director/CEO of UBA in 2010, following the introduction by the Central Bank of Nigeria of 10-year tenure limits for bank CEOs.

Six teenagers arrested for looting Savannah bank

Six young men were yesterday arrested by a team of anti- robbery policemen team attached to Area A Police Command, Lion Building around 8: 30 am, while they were looting properties from Savannah bank, at Broad Street, in Lagos Island.

An eye witness, who witnessed the incident told Saturday Vanguard that he observed that the arrested armed robbers were all teenagers between the ages of 18 to 20.

Some residents of the area who gathered at the crime scene identified some of the boys, saying that they had been tormenting residents of the area for a very long time.

They commended the Area Commander, Imohimi Edgal for the quick response of the policemen and the reduction of crime in the area.

Saturday Vanguard gathered that the suspects whose names were Ibrahim Luka, Kunle Malik, Sheriff Lawal , Tnde Basiru, Arif Sarumi, Lukman Ojikutu and Fidelis Joshua have been carrying out the dastardly act for a long time before the policemen were alerted following a tip-off from residents.

Some of the suspects,who tried to escape by attacking the policemen with cutlasses were shot in the leg by the policemen who were led by one Sargent Mohammed Akeem.

It was learnt that items recovered from the robbers included three cutlasses, one iron bar,one iron saw, and some quantities of cables. They were taken to Area A Command for interrogation and have been making useful statement to the police.

“Distress call was received from Ikeja control room that some armed robbers were operating at Savannah Bank, Broad Street The policemen stormed the area and these boys were arrested’ said a police source”

I Cannot Be A Thief Because I Was Baptised In The Church- Francis Atuche

Francis Atuche is a former Managing Director of Bank PHB, who is accused of N25.7 billion belonging to Bank PHB now Keystone Bank with his wife, Elizabeth.

The two of them are standing trial for allegedly stealing and have been charged to court by the EFCC alongside, Ugo Anyanwu, a former Chief Financial Officer of the bank.

Diamond Bank accused of deducting N150M from customer’s account

 

 Diamond Bank Nigeria Plc is in the middle of a huge financial mess as  West and Gate Limited accused the management of the bank of  illegally deducting N150M ( About 1 Million US Dollars) from its account.