Nigeria now continent's biggest economy but in terms of GDP per capita, South Africa remains far ahead and expects to retain that position Nigeria's claiming of the title of Africa's biggest economy is being shrugged off by South African economists, who say their nation remains the driving force of the continent.
At least 150 people were killed in separate weekend attacks in northwest and northeast regions of Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, officials and witnesses said here on Monday.
Pius Nna, the village head of Angwan Gata, walks through one of the rooms destroyed when gunmen attacked his village in Kaura local government Kaduna State, Nigeria, March 19, 2014.
Nigeria's nominal Gross Domestic Product, GDP, now stands at $509.9 billion, making the nation's economy the largest in Africa and the 26th in the world, according to the preliminary results of the rebasing exercise of the federal government.
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