Uproar against Polaris Bank for cancelling Friday prayers for Muslim staff

Polaris Bank, one of Nigeria’s commercial banks, has incurred the wrath of its muslim customers, particularly on the micro-blogging site, Twitter, after one of the bank’s senior managers reportedly asked Muslim staff members in her unit not to perform their Friday prayers. It was gathered that in a leaked email, one of the bank’s supervising staff had said the bank did not have a policy that allows employees to go for religious activities during work hours. The mail read, “Dear all, it has been observed that on Fridays, you leave…

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Polaris Bank names Ike as acting CEO

The board of Polaris Bank Limited, the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, and the bank’s shareholders have appointed Mr Innocent Ike as the acting managing director/ chief executive officer of the bank effective September 1, 2020. The bank’s Company Secretary, Babatunde Osibodu, disclosed this in a statement titled, ‘Polaris Bank announces the appointment of Innocent C. Ike as acting managing director/CEO,’ on Saturday. It stated that the outgoing Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Polaris Bank Limited, Mr Tokunbo Abiru, will be proceeding on his retirement, having successfully completed his two…

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