An economist, Prof. Uche Uwaleke has faulted the methodology adopted by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in rating the unemployment status of the country. The NBS on Friday, released a statement saying it had adopted a new global best…
The Nigerian Railway Corporation generated N715.09 million in revenue from passengers in Q3 of 2022, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says. This is contained in the NBS Rail Transportation Data for Q3 and Q4 2022 released in Abuja on…
THE National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), said that prices of food items such as yam, rice and beef witnessed increases in February. This is contained in NBS Selected Food Prices Watch Report for February 2023 released in Abuja on Friday.…
Nigeria’s January inflation figure rose from 21.34 per cent in December to 21.82 per cent in January, according to National Bureau of Statistics, NBS recent data. The January 2023 inflation rate showed an increase of 0.47% points when compared to…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the price of selected food items have increased in the last twelve months. This is according to the NBS Selected Food Price Watch Report for April, 2022 released in Abuja on Thursday. The…
The latest petrol price watch report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revealed that consumers paid the highest for a litre of petrol in Abia, Ekiti and Lagos State with N172.5, N170.62, and N167.8 respectively. According to the report,…
In order to provide various sectors of the country’s economy with accurate and timely data to evolve more effective and efficient Evidence-Base Decision Support System, the Office of the Surveyor General of the Federation (OSGoF) and the National Bureau of…
Rail transportation in Nigeria generated N5.79 billion between 2019 and Quarter One of 2021 (Q1, 2021), the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said. It said this in the “Rail Transportation Data for Q1 2019 – Q1 2021” obtained from…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) disclosed that the average price of 1kg of rice (imported high quality sold loose) increased year-on-year by 17.46per cent and month-on-month by 0.65per cent to N544.09 in May 2021 from N540.58 in April 2021.…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said the average price of kerosene rose by 9.03 per cent in May 2021. This was contained in its “National Household Kerosene Price Watch – May 2021”. The report explained the product also…
