The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the average price per litre paid by consumers for National Household Kerosene increased to N355.8 in February from N350.55 in January. The bureau said this in its “National Household Kerosene Price Watch (February…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Saturday said the average price for refilling five kilogrammes (5kg cylinder of Cooking Gas) increased to N2,018.91 in February from N1,949.02 in January. The bureau said this in its “Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said the number of active voice subscribers in Nigeria dropped to 204.60 million people in the fourth quarter of 2020 (Q4 2020). This is against the 205.25 million subscribers recorded in the third…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says the inflation rate increased in February by 0.86 per cent to 17.33 per cent from 16.47 per cent recorded in January. The NBS said this in its Consumer Price Index (CPI) report for…
…As Nigeria ranks 19th globally …Imo records highest rate of unemployment By Kayode Tokede, Adetunji Tobi, Sola Olajide & Joshua Elekwachi, Abuja Stakeholders have blamed insecurity, infrastructure, among others to 33.3 per cent in fourth quarter of (Q4) 2020 unemployment…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Nigeria’s total trade was valued at N32.42 trillion in 2020, signifying a 10.3 per cent decline compared to N36.15 trillion recorded in 2019. This is contained in its “Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics…
In January 2021, consumers paid less for a litre of Kerosene than they did in December 2020. The National Bureau for Statistics (NBS) Price Watch report released for the month of January 2021 shows that the average price per litre…
Nigeria’s telecommunications industry, regulated by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has been identified as one of the sectors whose performance lifted the country out of recession in the fourth quarter of 2020, contributing 12.45 per cent to the country’s Gross…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), said inflation rose to 16.47 per cent (year-on-year) in January, and that the increase was 0.71 per cent higher than 15.75 per cent recorded in December 2020. It said this in the “Consumer Price…
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) disbursed the sum of N604 billion to the three tiers of government in November 2020 from the revenue generated in October 2020. This is stated in the FAAC report for the month of November…
