Lagos, May 12, 2025 (AFP) - Nigeria posts fastest GDP growth in decade: World Bank

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2025-05-12

Nigeria's economy grew at the fastest rate in a decade last year, the World Bank said Monday, thanks to the reforms introduced by the government, but it warned inflation remains high. "Real GDP increased by 4.6 percent year-on-year in Q4 2024, pushing growth for the full year 2024 to 3.4 percent, the highest since 2014 (excluding the 2021-2022 COVID-19 rebound)," the bank said in a report published in the capital Abuja on Monday. It said the acc......

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