…food inflation, heightened insecurity, unemployment erode economic growth by Aanuoluwapo Olaleye and Kayode Tokede The World Bank on Tuesday said the increasing inflation rate that led to rise in price of food and services pushed an estimated 7 million Nigerians…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the inflation rate reduced in May by 0.19 per cent to 17.93 per cent from 18.12 per cent recorded in April. NBS in its “Consumer Price Index (CPI), May 2021” report on Tuesday…
The impact of the tottering Nigerian economy may have been felt in the telecom sector where its active subscribers’ base has dropped by 11,539,701 in the first quarter of 2021 according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The NBS…
LCCI raises concern over hospitality, entertainment sectors …Analysts express shock over non-oil sector weak contribution By Uthman Salami & Kayode Tokede The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Sunday disclosed that amid slow pace of economic activities in the first quarter…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says the average price per litre paid by consumers for National Household Kerosene increased from N361.29 in March to N362.68 in April. The bureau said this in its “National Household Kerosene Price Watch (April…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says N392.77 billion was generated as Company Income Tax (CIT) in Quarter One, 2021 (Q1, 2021) an increase of N97.05 billion over N295.72 billion generated in Q4 2020. This is revealed in the “Company…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says there was an increase in active internet subscribers from 151.5 million in the third quarter to 154.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2020. It said this on Thursday in Abuja in its…
Prof. Bell Ihua, Executive Director, Africa Polling Institutea, says it will collaborate with the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) to collect data of people living with disabilities in the country. Ihua disclosed this in a statement signed by the research…
