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Young designers from across Africa, Europe, and the UK showcased their work on Saturday at Fashion Finest Africa’s Epic Show ...
According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Nigeria only witnessed a remarkable surge in intra-African trade, increasing by 195% year-on-year to N2.911 trillion in the second quarter of ...
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, has 90 tech hubs – the most on the continent. In 2019, one report found startups in Nigeria raised nearly $400 million, more than double the amount ...
More than 87 million people in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, live below the poverty line — the world’s second-largest poor population after India, a country seven times its size.
Nigeria has relinquished its long-held position as Africa’s largest importer of refined petroleum products following the ramp-up of operations at the Dangote Petrochemical Refinery, a new report ...
In Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, an emerging crop of young comics are leveraging social media to create video content that makes people laugh – and makes money.
In Nigeria and across West Africa, passengers often travel on the back of large trucks or even on their roofs, with little to no safety measures. Some 50 cattle were also burned alive in the crash ...
Africa Purchase Licensing Rights Macdonald Dzirutwe Thomson Reuters MacDonald leads a team of reporters in Nigeria that covers energy, politics and economic news in Africa's biggest oil producer.
Nigeria's annual inflation accelerated to 22.04% in March from 21.91% in the previous month, its bureau of statistics said on Saturday.
Nigeria beat USA in an Olympics exhibition game. It was one of the most lopsided losses in Olympic basketball history: Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony and Team USA thrashed the Nigerian men’s ...
Arrests of LGBTQ people are common in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, where people can face up to 14 years in prison under the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act.
Nigeria has 18.5 million out-of-school children, with Kano State accounting for 1.9 million, the highest rate in the country, according to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in a 2022 survey.