I cannot produce a full news article from the material provided. The input consists only of a headline — “Nigeria leads S’Africa, Kenya, Ghana in IMD economic performance ranking” — with a source attribution to TheCable. No article body, data, quotes, methodology, ranking details, or context were supplied.
Writing a 300–650 word professional news report would require verified content: the specific IMD report cited, the year of the ranking, Nigeria’s score or position, the metrics used, comparative figures for South Africa, Kenya, and Ghana, and any official reaction or analyst commentary. Without that source material, any article would violate the mandatory anti-hallucination and accuracy rules.
If you provide the full text of the TheCable report, I will rewrite it into a clean, publication-ready story for Media Talk Africa following all stated standards.