The Latest Breaking News from Nigeria

Nanotechnology is one of the engines of the fourth industrial revolution. The global market of nanotechnology-enabled products stood at approximately US$1.6 trillion in 2014. In one estimate, the industry could generate 6 million jobs and account for 10% of global GDP by 2030.

Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google invested in its Africa product development center debut in Nairobi, looking to host 800 million internet users and a third of the world's youth population by 2030. Its peer, Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT), also invested in technology development hubs in Kenya and Nigeria, pumping $100 million and hiring hundreds of engineers…

In northwestern Nigeria, evidence suggests bandits are becoming collaborators with, and rivals to, Boko Haram factions.

African start-ups attracted a record $5.2 billion in venture capital last year, bouncing back from a pandemic-induced dip in 2020 with a nearly five-fold increase in investments, according to data released by an industry group on Tuesday. The success of companies like Nigeria's Paystack, acquired in 2020 by US payments…

Banditry in Nigeria emerged as an isolated rural phenomenon in the late 2000s. It’s now evolved into sophisticated violent criminality, characterised by syndicates with immense reach across regions and countries.

Suel Ambrose, 25, from Nigeria, was playing the role of St Peter during an Easter performance of Jesus' crucifixion when he collapsed and later died in hospital on Good Friday

As company faces rising pressure in west, it is investing in digital infrastructure elsewhere

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The rule-breaking artist gives us a tour of his joyful space