National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)
23 Nov
The price of automotive gas oil (AGO), also known as diesel, increased by 25.45 per cent in the last 12 months, worsening the cost of production and contributing substantially to the inflation rate. Within the period, subsidy removal also pushed up the average price of premium motor spirit (PMS) by 222.92 per cent. While petrol…
27 Oct
. Adamawa, Cross river, Abuja record highest price per litre of HHK There is no respite yet for Nigerian households as the prices of cooking gas and kerosene rise 1.81 per cent and 2.09 per cent respectively in September. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in its Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) and National Household…
28 Aug
Exactly how many Nigerians are unemployed is a question nobody may be able to find an accurate answer for in the foreseeable future. This is because Nigeria’s hyped unemployment rate dropped last Thursday, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), government’s agency saddled with the responsibility of coming up with the most accurate figure.
25 Aug
The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) has dismissed the new methodology employed by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in determining the level of unemployment and underemployment in Nigeria, describing it as “an act deliberately antithetical to Nigeria’s lived reality.”
15 Aug
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Nigeria’s headline inflation rate increased to 24.08 per cent in July 2023. The NBS disclosed this in its Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Inflation Report for July , which was released in Abuja on Tuesday. According to the report, the figure is 1.29 per cent points higher compared…
4 Jul
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said that the average fare paid by air travellers in Nigeria increased by as much as 34% in May 2023. The NBS disclosed this in its Transport Fare Watch Report for the month in question which was released in Abuja on Tuesday. According to the report, Kebbi State…
4 Jul
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says prices of food items such as tomatoes, rice, and yams witnessed increases in May. It made the declaration in its Selected Food Prices Watch Report for May issued in Abuja on Tuesday. The report stated that the average price of 1kg of tomato on a year-on-year basis rose…
26 May
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21 Mar
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says the average retail price of a litre of Petrol increased from N170.42 in February 2022 to N263.76 in February 2023. It made the declaration in its Petrol Price Watch for February 2023 released in Abuja on Tuesday. It stated that the February 2023 price of N263.76 represented a…
10 Mar
A former boss of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Oyeyemi Kale, has been appointed as a partner and chief economist at Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (KPMG) Nigeria. “The Partners and staff of KPMG Nigeria are pleased to welcome Dr Oyeyemi Kale to our firm as he assumes the role of Partner and Chief Economist…
12 Dec 2022
Nigeria’s trade in goods with the rest of Africa in about five years stood at N15.85 trillion, data obtained from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) have shown. The figure covers 2018 till September this year. The value translates to 9.3 per cent of the country’s total foreign trade in the period, underscoring the low…
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