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15 Sep
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says prices of food items such as beef, tomatoes, beans, and yams witnessed increases in July.
8 Sep
The country’s total exports showed some improvement in the second quarter, increasing by 8.15 per cent when compared to the amount recorded in the first quarter of 2023 (N6.49 trillion), data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
5 Sep
The Federal Government realised N1.53 trillion from company income tax (CIT) in the second quarter (Q2), indicating a growth rate of 226.4 per cent from N469.01 billion it realised in the first quarter.
23 Aug
There has been a welter of strong negative public opinions against the seemingly flip-flop attitude of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over some of his planned policies targeted at addressing multi-dimensional poverty in the country.
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…
11 Jul
The general elections, which were held in the first quarter of 2023, and the uncertainty that came with them might have been responsible for the 28 per cent quarter-on-quarter (Q/Q) drop in the capital flow into the country in the first three months of the year.
5 Jul
Ahead of the release of the Labour Force Survey by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), stakeholders have queried the accuracy of the new methodology, expected to reduce Nigeria’s unemployment figure.
25 May
With a few days to the May 29 inauguration of the new administration in the country, it is glaringly evident that President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government has successfully completed its constitutional two terms of eight years.
23 May
The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), a Nigerian knowledge institution and leading advocate for fiscal transparency, accountability and evidence-driven policy making and implementation, has urged the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) to compile and release the current unemployment data for the country.
19 May
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the average retail price of a litre of petrol witnessed a drop from N264.29 in March to N254.06 in April 2023. This is according to the NBS Petrol Price Watch released in Abuja on Friday. It stated that the April 2023 price of N254.06 represented a 3.87 per…
5 Apr
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says total capital importation in Nigeria stood d at 1,060.73 million dollars in quarter four of 2022.
31 Mar
Nigeria’s total public debt stock consisting of domestic and external debt stocks of the Federal Government of Nigeria, the 36 State Governments and the Federal Capital Territory hit N46.25 trillion or 103.11 billion dollars in Q4 2022. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) made this known on Friday in its Nigerian Domestic and Foreign Debt…
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