Tag: National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)
Nigeria’s GDP growth slows by 2.31% in Q1 2023 – NBS
According to the NBS, although the growth of the industry sector improved to 0.31 per cent relative to – 6.81…
Petrol price drops slightly to N254 per litre – NBS
According to the report, the April 2023 price of N254.06 indicated a 47.18 percent increase over the April 2022 price…
Cash crunch: Nigeria’s inflation rises to 21.91%
According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), in February 2023, the headline inflation rate rose to 21.91% compared to…
Nigeria’s inflation plummets first time in 11 months
This is the first time the country's inflation has dropped since January 2022. There had been a steady increase from…
Poverty: NBS recommendations already addressed by Buhari – Fashola
The NBS in the report released in November on the poverty index had recommended investments in Health, Education and Infrastructure…
‘We are not poor,’ – Sokoto govt faults poverty rating
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revealed that 133 million, or about 63 percent of Nigerians, are suffering from multidimensional…
Nigeria’s inflation hits 21.09 percent in October
According to the report, the figure is 5.09 per cent points higher compared to 15.99 per cent recorded in October…
NBS lists states with the highest increase in food items prices
The report showed that the highest average price of rice (local, sold loose) was recorded in Rivers at N621.61, while…
Food prices rose in July 2022 – NBS
The report stated also that the average price of 1kg of tomatoes increased on a year-on-year basis by 7.71 per…
Nigeria’s Inflation hits 19.64%, better than in Ghana, Ivory Coast
In comparative analysis, inflation rate in Nigeria is still far below what trends in West Africa, notably Ghana.
NBS: Statistician-General of the Federation not dead
“The fact of the matter is that the Statistician- General was slightly indisposed on Saturday and following medication is now…
Nigeria’s inflation rate drops to 15.60 percent
According to the NBS, The consumer price index, (CPI) which measures inflation increased to 15.60 percent (year-on -year) in January…
Nigeria’s economy grows by 4.03% in Q3
Harry explained that the negative GDP figures recorded in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic had serious base…
Cooking gas, kerosene prices increase in August
A report obtained from the NBS’s website on Friday, said kerosene price increased by 0.67 per cent month-on-month and by…
Nigeria’s GDP grows by 5.01% in Q2 2021- NBS
According to it, the growth rate is higher than the -6.10 per cent growth rate recorded in Q2 2020 and…