Non-interest banking appears to be gaining momentum in Nigeria’s financial landscape. In this interview with Emeka Anaeto, Business Editor of Vanguard Newspaper, the Managing Director of Summit Bank Limited, Dr. Sirajo Salisu, gave insight into the operations in the sub-sector as well as what his organization is bringing to the table. Excerpts. Licensed in February 2025 and […]

•REA tops with N502bn By Obas Esiedesa Abuja-The federal government has provided N1.096 trillion to execute capital projects in the 2026 appropriation bill, with the Rural Electrification Agency, REA, given the highest allocation of N502.21 billion. The Federal Ministry of Power, overseen by Chief Adebayo Adelabu, has N416.748 billion allocation for capital projects. The government […]

He described Uzodimma as the undisputed leader of the APC in the region and a key driver of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.

Champion Breweries Plc, has announced the official opening of its N42 billion Public Offer of ordinary shares at N16.00 per share

By Dickson Omobola & Matilda Ikediobi There are fresh worries among domestic operators over a sustained decline in passenger traffic on local routes. The development, which has also become troubling to industry stakeholders, has raised questions about what could be done to stimulate local travel in Nigeria. The discussion comes amid domestic throughput figures released […]

By Kingsley Omonobi ABUJA-Defence Minister, General Christopher Musa, retd, has said Nigeria was currently facing trial as a result of the myriads of security challenges across multiple fronts but assured that the nation would overcome. The minister stated this just as a clergyman, Most Rev. Uche Dan Okafor, appealed to members of the armed forces […]

…Hails FG’s 2025 Labour record. By Demola Akinyemi Ilorin The Director General of Micheal Imoudu National Institute for Labour studies ( MINILS) Ilorin, Kwara state capital,has urged governments and other stakeholders to take labour serious in the year 2026, saying that it also creates wealth through other critical success factors even as he tasked Labour […]

At the backdrop of the challenges confronting the manufacturing sector, including structural bottlenecks, weak consumer demand and high interest rates, banks slashed loans to manufacturers and traders by N2.1 trillion in the first six months of 2025 to N10.946 trillion at the end of June, representing a 16.2 per cent decline from N13.065 trillion at the end of 2024.

By Chioma Obinna ABUJA — THE Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, yesterday, suspended its planned nationwide strike following the intervention of Vice President Kashim Shettima who stepped in to address the critical concerns raised by the aggrieved doctors. The National President of NARD, Dr Mohammad Suleiman, who confirmed the development to Vanguard shortly after […]

By EBUKA UKOH Manduro is not a city. It is a warning. It is the visible outcome of a long, quiet process in which institutions weakened, public trust thinned, and leadership drifted from presence to performance. Territories do not fall suddenly. They rot first.  Manduro did not disappear all of a sudden; it faded through years of […]