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 […]