Investment surges as start-ups seek to tap 40% of country still unbanked amid rising internet use.

Lenders' profitability set to weaken on the back of higher impairments and lower net interest margins.

There's overlap between Islamic finance and the UN SDGs, says managing director Hassan Usman.

The CEO of First Bank of Nigeria talks about the outlook for consolidation in the country's banking sector, and whether payment service lenders present a threat.

Nigeria’s central bank governor discusses moves to encourage greater private sector lending and a push towards a cashless economy.

Nigeria’s minister of information and culture discusses the government’s priorities for its second term in office. 

Nigeria's oldest financial institution, FirstBank, may have notched up a century and a quarter, but its workforce and ideas are both young, CEO Adesola Adeduntan tells The Banker.

The merger of Access Bank and Diamond Bank in Nigeria represents a landmark for a number of reasons, not least because the deal was market driven and not forced through by the central bank. 

Adesola Adeduntan, the chief executive and managing director of First Bank of Nigeria, talks to James King about his digitalisation strategy and the fight to reclaim the position of Nigeria’s number one lender.

Now that important issuance and regulation milestones have been passed, Nigeria is well placed to succeed in its aim to become Africa’s Islamic banking hub. Kit Gillet reports.