By Kayode Tokede The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has disclosed that Microfinance Banks (MfBs) recorded an 82per cent boost in lending rising from N300.2 billion in 2019 to N546.6 billion in 2020. As of 2018 total microfinance loans to the…
By Kayode Tokede The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has disclosed that staff strength in the banking sector dropped by 8.05 per cent in one year to 95,888 in fourth quarter (Q4) of 2020 from 103,610 in fourth quarter of…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has disclosed that average fare for Bus journey within city rose by 4.42 per cent Month-on-Month in March 2021. The bureau in its “The Transport fare Watch report for March 2021”, said “average fare…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said inflation rate increased in March by 0.82 per cent to 18.17 per cent from 17.33 per cent in February. The NBS said this in its Consumer Price Index (CPI) report for March…
By Faizat Adeboye The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says the average price per litre paid by consumers for National Household Kerosene increased to N361.29 in March from N355.8 in February. The bureau in its “National Household Kerosene Price Watch…
Analytical assessment of questions over the defining profile of the Nigerian economy with recession in view have been controversial. Although, figures contained in a National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) February report disclosed that the Country’s economy moved out of recession,…
By Asishana John The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Tuesday disclosed that real household consumption expenditure closed 2020 at 0.18. The bureau in its Nigerian Gross Domestic Product Report (Expenditure/Income approach) stated that the bureau had reported that in…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said the All-commodity group import index on average grew by 0.13per cent in four quarter of 2020, driven by Base metals and articles of base metals, Boilers, machinery and appliances; parts thereof and…
Nigeria’s total public debt portfolio as at Dec. 31, 2020, stood at N32.92 trillion, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reveals. It made the revelation in its Nigerian Domestic and Foreign Debt report for Quarter Four, 2020, obtained from its…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has disclosed that average fare paid by commuters for Intercity journey increased by 1.13 per cent Month-on-Month (MoM) in February 2021. The bureau stated that the Transport Fare Watch report for February 2021 covers…
