Tag: inflation
Nigeria inflation rises to 2-year high on food prices
LAGOS, (Reuters) – Nigeria’s consumer inflation rose to 9.0 per cent year-on-year in May, the upper end of a central…
Sen Ashafa: With Jonathan, Inflation Will Wreck Nigeria
Vice Chairman Senate House Committee on Land, Housing and Urban Development, Senator Gbenga Ashafa has said that the candidature of…
British inflation hits zero for first time
Britain’s annual inflation rate slowed sharply to zero in February for the first time, pulled down by falling prices for…
Inflation in Nigeria stands at 8% – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Tuesday said the inflation rate stood at 8.0 per cent in December 2014,…
2015 Budget: Economic analyst cautions FG on inflation
Mallam Sani Shehu, Kano-based economic analyst, has urged the Federal Government to take measures to prevent inflation following the diversification…
South African inflation dips to 5.9%
South African inflation slowed to 5.9 percent last month from 6.4 percent in August, falling to within the central bank’s…
Inflation rate up by 0.1% – Bureau
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday said inflation rate stood at 8.0 per cent in May, 0.1 per…
Western sanctions killing Iranian currency
Iran’s currency on Sunday slid to a new record low against the dollar, with the central bank saying it was…
‘New N5000 Note’ll Fuel Inflation’
A member of the House of Representatives, Kehinde Odeneye, representing Ijebu Central Federal Constituency, has disclosed that the plan by…
Easter: Traders Worry Over Poor Sales
Some traders in Lagos have expressed worry over low sales just two days ahead of the Easter festivities. They told…
Fuel subsidy removal jacks up Nigeria’s inflation
Nigerian inflation jumped to 12.6 percent in January from 10.3 percent the previous month, driven by hikes in petrol prices…
Experts Suggest Ways To Check Inflation
Financial experts, on Tuesday, advised the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to introduce more measures to check the rising rate…
Nigerians Are Dying
Day by day, Nigerians are becoming more impoverished as inflation eats deeper into their meagre earnings. The cost of living…