Nigeria's current rate of unemployment is unknown because the body responsible for providing such data is broke. The last official unemployment data published by the National Bureau of Statistics was for the third quarter of 2017, with the unemployment rate standing at 18.80 percent, an increase of 2.60 on the figures for Q2 of the…

The National Bureau of statistics (NBS) at the weekend said non-profit organisations (NPOs) contributed 0.5 per cent to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) through $465 billion expenditure in 2017. The bureau’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Yemi Kale, who spoke at the 13th anniversary symposium of Lifeline Care Association in Abuja, regretted that the figure…

Yemi Kale had, in the report, insisted that the results also came from internationally-approved parameters like tax receipts from the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and other administrative protocols.

The statistician general of the federation, Dr. Yemi Kale, has said the harrowing macro-economic realities in Nigeria caused by pre-2017 financial headwinds coupled with the resultant inflation...

Statistician General of the National Bureau of Statistic (NBS), Yemi Kale, has urged Nigerians to be optimistic as the economy continues to show signs of positive recovery.

Members of the organised private sector have explained that insecurity and unemployment might decide the fate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2019 polls. Other issues include the poor state...

The incredible population figure that Nigeria’s colonial masters fed the world with more than five decades ago came into sharp focus again recently when the Director-General ...

The Director General of NPC, Kashim Akor disclosed this in Abuja when he paid a courtesy visit to the Statistician-General of the Federation, Dr. Yemi Kale.

The Federal Government is to spend about N1.2bn in carrying out a Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS 5), for purposes of essential data upgrade for national planning, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said.

The Federal Government has voted N1.2 billion to acquire Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS 5) for essential data upgrade on national planning, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said.

From muted speculations to official confirmation, the message is the same: Nigeria is fully in economic recession.

In what appears to be last minutes power play, the Minister of Budget and National Planning, directed that the tenure of Statistician-General,Dr. Yemi Kale, should be elongated beyond the completion tenure.