National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)
24 May
The Nigeria Employers' Consultative Association (NECA) has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to reconsider the adoption of what it
15 Apr
The Federal Government said it will prosecute those caught spiking the prices of goods and commodities across Nigeria. The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) said this in a statement where it addressed the issues of arbitrary price increases and dollar brouhaha. FCCPC said it acknowledges that the rising cost of essential goods impacts…
3 Jan
Nigeria's Terms of Trade (ToT) of all commodities recorded a slight decline of 0.03 percentage points in the third quarter of 2023, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed.
29 Dec 2023
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says prices of beef, rice, beans, onion, tomato, and other food items increased in November.
22 Dec 2023
Organised labour and other experts have faulted the newly released labour data pegging the unemployment rate at 4.2 per cent, saying the figure does not conform with current realities.
11 Dec 2023
Companies paid N1.75 trillion as taxes in the third quarter of 2023, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) declared in its Company Income Tax (CIT) Q3 2023 report released in Abuja on Monday. On a year-on-year basis, the CIT collections in the third quarter of 2023 increased by 115.9 per cent compared to what obtained…
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The United Kingdom has once again calmed the frayed nerves of Nigerians on visa issuance by assuring the country of its continuous effort
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The Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) is proposing a sectorised strategy as part of its crisis management efforts, particularly
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The Petroleum Products Retail Outlet Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN) has announced that the Port Harcourt Refinery will sell premium motor spirit (PMS) at N1,030 per litre. The association confirmed that the refinery is operational, as claimed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). In a statement on Thursday night, PETROAN spokesman Joseph Obele…
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The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has revealed that the Federal Government's annual electricity subsidy surged to N2.4 trillion in 2024, a sharp rise from N650 billion in 2023. The commission attributed the significant increase to persistent inefficiencies in the electricity sector, despite the introduction of the Band A tariff service category. The initiative, aimed…
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An Abuja-based lawyer, Mr Bala Dakum, has recounted the harrowing ordeal of his 85-year-old father, Deh Idi Dakum, who was kidnapped and murdered in Matelem village, Bokkos Local Council of Plateau State, despite the family paying a ransom.
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The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has disbursed N5.3 billion to about 95,000 Nigerian pilgrims who performed the 2023 Hajj exercise. While N4,479,362,880 was remitted to States' Pilgrims' Welfare Boards
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Petroleum economists and former Director of the Centre for Petroleum, Energy Economics and Law (CPEEL), University of Ibadan (UI), Prof Adeola Adenikinju, has urged the Federal Government to come out clean and tell Nigerians the true situation of the Port Harcourt Refinery.
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As part of efforts to empower young girls and women in Nigeria, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the United Kingdom's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and Generation Unlimited
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Mele Kyari has pulled it through after all! One of the public refineries has roared back to life after all. The Port Harcourt is fixed and about 200 tankers have rumbled through the forests and through the highways
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The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has faulted the achievements of Governor Ademola Adeleke in the last two years, contending that his administration had taken the state back to the primitive age through dismal performance.