Tag: NBS
Price of kerosene shoots up to N1,769.86 per litre in July – NBS
In addition, the NBS said analysis by zone showed that the South-South recorded the highest average retail price per litre…
Nigerians purchase PMS at higher prices in July – NBS
The National Bureau Statistics (NBS) says the average retail price paid by consumers for Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) for July 2024…
Breaking: Nigeria’s inflation rate plummets to 33.40% in July
According to the NBS, in July 2024, the headline inflation rate eased to 33.40% relative to the June 2024 headline…
NBS report indicates significant rise in food prices in June
The NBS said this in its Selected Food Prices Watch report for June 2024 released in Abuja on Tuesday. The…
Breaking: Nigeria’s inflation jumps to 34.19% in June
According to NBS, In June 2024, the headline inflation rate increased to 34.19% relative to the May 2024 headline inflation…
N721 billion cash paid as bribes to Nigerian public officials in 2023- NBS
According to the report released on Thursday, in 2023, out of all citizens who paid a bribe, 8.6 per cent…
Cross River rubbishes NBS report which rated State number one in child labour
According to the data, Cross River, Yobe, Abia, Plateau and Taraba are are top five with 58.6, 58.9, 60.1, 62.6,…
Nigeria records 6.29 per cent increase in kerosene price
“The North-Central recorded the lowest average price per gallon of kerosene at N4,634.60 ,” the NBS said.
Diesel price stands at N1341.16 in March 2024 – NBS
NBS stated this in its Diesel Price Watch for March 2024 released in Abuja on Thursday. The report said that…
Nigeria’s inflation zooms to 33.2% in March
According to the NBS, "In March 2024, the headline inflation rate increased to 33.20% relative to the February 2024 headline…
NBS reveals cost of healthy diet
The NBS also said that in February, the average CoHD was highest in the South-West at N1, 157 per adult…
Nigeria’s inflation climbs to 28.92% amidst rising food prices
On a year-on-year basis, the NBS said the headline inflation rate was 7.58% points higher compared to the rate recorded…
88% of Nigerian workers are self-employed – NBS
“The Unemployment rate in urban areas was 5.9% in Q2 2023, an increase from 5.4% in Q1 2023. Time-related underemployment…
93% of women in Jigawa shun contraceptives — NBS
93 percent of women in Jigawa State neglected to use any contraceptive method in 2021, says the National Bureau of…
Nigeria’s inflation rate jumps to 26.72% in September
According to NBS report, in September 2023, the headline inflation rate increased to 26.72% relative to the August 2023 headline…
Nigeria’s inflation jumps to 25.80% in July
According to the report, in August 2023, the headline inflation rate increased to 25.80% relative to the July 2023 headline…
Nigeria’s inflation skyrockets to 24.08% in July
The NBS, in its report on Tuesday said in July 2023, the headline inflation rate rose to 24.08 per cent…
Nigeria’s inflation jumps to 22.79 percent, as prices of food shoot up
The NBS said in June 2023, the headline inflation rate rose to 22.79% relative to May 2023 headline inflation rate…
Nigeria’s inflation soars to 22.41 percent in May
According to the NBS, in May 2023, the headline inflation rate increased to 22.41% relative to April 2023 headline inflation…
Nigeria’s inflation soars to 22.04% in March
According to the NBS, the headline inflation rate rose to 22.04% compared to February 2023 headline inflation rate which was…
Nigeria’s GDP grows by 3.54% in 2022 second quarter
The NBS said this growth rate declined from 5.01% in the second quarter of 2021 when rapid growth was recorded…
FG hits N600bn VAT in second quarter of 2022 – NBS
According to the report, this shows a growth rate of 1.96 per cent on a quarter-on-quarter basis from N588.59 billion…
Nigeria’s inflation shoots up to 17.71 percent in May
This is 0.89 percent higher than that of April which stood at 16.82 percent.
Nigeria’s inflation rises to 15.92% in March
According to the report, in March 2022, the consumer price index, (CPI) which measures inflation increased to 15.92 per cent on…
Nigeria’s inflation rate hits 12.26 percent
Nigeria's inflation rate has hit 12.26 percent in March 2020, the National Bureau of Statistics reports on Tuesday.
Ecobank, Standard Chartered lead in capital importation to Nigeria
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Ecobank Nigeria and the local unit of Standard Chartered Bank have joined Stanbic IBTC…
Nigeria’s GDP grows by 2.28 percent
Nigeria's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 2.28%(year-on-year), in real terms, in the third quarter of 2019, says the National…
Rail passenger traffic drops in Q1 – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said that rail passenger traffic dropped in the first quarter of this year, compared…
Foreign trade volume hits N32.26trn in 2018 – NBS
The Nigerian National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), said the country recorded a total trade value of N32.26 trillion year-on-year in…
Nigeria’s inflation drops by 0.07 percent in January – NBS
Nigeria's inflation dropped by 0.07 percent in January 2019, the National Bureau of Statistics reports.