Unity Bank: Fire destroys financial institution's head office in Lagos

A fire outbreak on Monday, September 23, took over not less than three floors of the head office of Unity Bank in Victoria Island, Lagos state.

So far, the cause of the fire incident, which started in the early morning of Monday, has not been ascertained.

However, the commercial bank, on its Twitter page, revealed that the inferno has been quenched and that no life was lost in the tragedy and expressed its gratitude to agencies and volunteers who came to its rescue.

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that Godwin Emefiele, the governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had said that the implementation of cashless policy in six states of the federation is in public interest to promote efficient payment system.

Emefiele stated this while fielding questions from journalists after the Monetary Policy Committee meeting held in Abuja on Friday, September 20.

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That CBN issued a circular to deposit banks to commence the implementation of the cashless policy in six pilot states across the country.

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