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/Country
Nigeria
35/100
attention index
attention index
Attention higher than 54% of countries
#72 of 157 countries · methodology v0.6 · 11 Nov 2026
The country in the five views
- Attention35
- Adoption · single source10
- Regulation63
- Problems and attacks28
- Opportunities26
/Why this colour
how it is computedReported incidents22
3 incidents in the last 24 months · percentile among countries
AI exposure27
percentile among countries
Generative AI use in the population: 10.4% (2026-Q2) · Microsoft AI Diffusion Report
Missing safeguards61
100 minus the safeguards percentile among countries: higher means fewer safeguards
Regulatory quality: -0.65 (2025) · World Bank
Rule of law: -0.95 (2025) · World Bank
Voice and accountability: -0.66 (2025) · World Bank
The state and AI
how it is computedNot part of the attention index
Openness to AI
45
Exposure to threats
34
as a target 21 · as a cause 48
Closed, little exposedMedia coverage: high (1,158 AI articles citing the country in the last 32 days)
Why this value
Exposure to threats = 50% × 20.7 (as a target) + 50% × 47.9 (as a cause) = 34.3
Reported cyber attacks against institutions and foreign disinformation
Social media monitoring, government disinformation, AI surveillance, spyware, internet shutdowns
What protects
Government access to personal data (V-Dem, expert scale)73
Rule of law (0-100 score)43
2025 · World Bank
Data protection law100
2026-11 · UNCTAD — Global Cyberlaw Tracker
Rules on AI used by the state (GIRAI)24
Shown alongside, not subtracted from the exposure
What we cannot see
We count reported cyber attacks, not all those that happened; there is no worldwide measure of threats made with AI; for surveillance and spyware the sources stop at 2022-2024.
Examples
Examples, not a count
Incidents where the state uses AI
/What we cannot see
Incidents never reported by the press · reports of serious incidents sent to the authorities and not published · systems registered in the non-public part of the EU database.
/Incidents by period
in the country1
last 6 months
0
6-12 months ago
1
12-24 months ago
+ 1 with only the year
/Reported incidents
3 in 24 monthsJul 2026
Purportedly AI-Generated TikTok Ad Impersonating Digital Payments Company OPay Reportedly Led to ₦150,000 (~US$108.86) Loss for Small-Business Operator in Ilorin, Nigeria (opens in a new tab)severity: minor · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
Also reported by· 1 article from 1 outlet
- SPECIAL REPORT: Inside AI scam ads exploiting TikTok’s advertising system to defraud Nigerians (opens in a new tab) · premiumtimesng.com · 24 Jul 2026
Jan 2025
AI tools reportedly used to fabricate image of 5,000-naira Nigerian banknote featuring the president of Nigeria (opens in a new tab)severity: minor · partly estimated from the text
country inferred from the textaccording to AI Incident Databaseorigin: United States (xAI)AI labs pages: xAI
Also reported by· 1 article from 1 outlet
- Nigeria's central bank has not unveiled a new N5,000 note – ignore AI-generated image (opens in a new tab) · africacheck.org · 31 Jan 2025
2025
White House appears to use AI to calculate tariff rates (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
the source gives only the yearaccording to AIAAIC Repositoryorigin: United States (Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, xAI)AI labs pages: Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, xAI
Also reported by· 7 articles from 7 outlets
/Laws and safeguards
Regulatory quality-0.65
2025 · World Bank
Rule of law-0.95
2025 · World Bank
Voice and accountability-0.66
2025 · World Bank
AI-specific laws and authorities: coming with new sources.
/In the news
how it worksAI news mentioning the country · 7 Nov – 13 Nov
- 为了去AI味，人类开始主动写烂文章了...... (opens in a new tab)sina.com.cn · China · 7 Nov 2026 · and 2 other outlets
- A display maker unveils nearly 20 world premieres in AI; interview with the general manager of its OLED printing center (opens in a new tab)163.com · China · 13 Nov 2026 · and 1 other outlet
- Ghana, Sweden to deepen cooperation in digital economy, AI and trade (opens in a new tab)ghanaiantimes.com.gh · Ghana · 12 Nov 2026 · and 1 other outlet
- OpenAI's CEO appears at a supercar gathering, next to a Koenigsegg worth millions of dollars (opens in a new tab)163.com · China · 12 Nov 2026 · and 1 other outlet
- 早报｜苹果国行AI备案新增iPad和笔记本/Claude Fable 5.2发布，价格降20%/曝玛莎拉蒂拟与尊界合作，新车将由江淮生产 (opens in a new tab)163.com · China · 10 Nov 2026 · and 1 other outlet
- 微星神影18 AI 2026评测：酷睿Ultra 200HX 冷酷高手，18英寸大屏更沉浸 (opens in a new tab)sina.com.cn · China · 8 Nov 2026 · and 1 other outlet
- 九赴进博，三星展示AI时代产业新生态 (opens in a new tab)citnews.com.cn · China · 7 Nov 2026 · and 1 other outlet
- AI「讀心術」成真？當科幻場景走進實驗室 (opens in a new tab)scdaily.com · China · 13 Nov 2026
- 40% of students' essays show signs of AI use – Report (opens in a new tab)punchng.com · Nigeria · 13 Nov 2026
- AI training must deliver workplace results, not just certifi (opens in a new tab)punchng.com · Nigeria · 13 Nov 2026
AI articles mentioning the country in the last 30 days: 1,009 in total, at most 79 in one day (26 Oct 2026).
1,009 AI articles mentioning the country in 30 days
/Index trend
— country ··· worldIndex trend: 18 Oct 2026: country 40, world 36 · 19 Oct 2026: country 40, world 36 · 26 Oct 2026: country 40, world 36 · 2 Nov 2026: country 35, world 36 · 11 Nov 2026: country 35, world 36.
Previous years, reconstructed with today's data: 2023 52 · 2024 61 · 2025 59 why
/AI models released
12 months · outside the indexNo releases recorded by Epoch AI for organisations in this country.