Tag: GTBank

How Hackers Seized GTBank Website

Ganiyu Amodu

The website of GTBank, a leading Nigerian financial institution, has been hacked. The incident which happened on Wednesday night made the site inaccessible as some customers lamented on social media. Multiple attempts to log on to www.gtbbank.com returned error signs as of 10:30pm on Wednesday. The incident happened after the domain name was renewed for another five years from August 13, 2024, through March 21, 2029, according to platforms that analyse domain information. READ ALSO Ugochinyere: Bringing Back Distasteful Memory of a Time Gone By, By Kumbi Aderibigbe Hunger Protest,…

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Staff Hacks Into GTBank System, Steals N9.9m From Customers

Ganiyu Amodu

For allegedly betraying the trust reposed in him by his employer as the officer in charge of payment of drivers’ retirement benefits and stealing close to N10 million from Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank), Komolafe Oluwayomi of the Oyin Jolayemi Street, Victoria Island, Lagos branch of the bank has been remanded at Ikoyi correctional facility. When the fraud was discovered, a lawsuit was filed by the bank against the 45-year-old Banker by the bank. He was alleged to have hacked into the bank’s system, stealing N9,989,000 from its account for personal…

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Shell, AFC, GTBank, 6 Other Banks Drag Aiteo to Court Over $2bn Debts

ADESUPO OSOSANYA

The bickering between a group involving Shell, Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), and seven Nigerian bank, and Aiteo Eastern E&P Company Limited over $2 billion loan accessed by Aiteo has degenerated. A high court in England has ruled that Shell Plc, Africa Finance Corporation, and seven Nigerian banks have established their right to block Aiteo Eastern E&P Company Limited from taking legal action when a suit initiated by them against the oil firm has not been resolved. The verdict approving the “final anti-suit injunction” was delivered on April 1, according to…

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UBA, GTBank, FirstBank 5 Others’ Branches Shut Over N456m Tax Liability

Aliyu Aliyu

The Board of Internal Revenue (BIR), Niger state, Nigeria, has shut the business premises of eight banks in the state over alleged N456million tax infraction Platforms  Africa reports that the Executive Chairman of the Board, Alhaji Mohammed Madami Etsu, who revealed  this in a statement, maintained that the action took effect from Monday, September 6, 2021 READ ALSO:N1.8 bn fraud rocks Sterling Bank + how Bank staff stole customer’s money EXCLUSIVE: Customers Kick as GTBank’s Network Glitch Drags into Second Week Role Fidelity Bank, staff played in Nigeria’s N1.5bn Pension…

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