National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)
Tinubu agrees with NBS Nigerians are facing hunger, starvation, promises a redress
In a bid to sell his candidature, the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday unwittingly owned up...
Mass poverty: SERAP urges probe of Buhari’s govt’s impactless, bootless social safety nets, pro-poor interventions
Perturbed by a Federal Government’s agency’s report that 133 million Nigerians are poor and ravaged by poverty, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project...
CBN increases benchmark interest rate to 14% as inflation hits all-time high 18%
The Central Bank of Nigeria has voted to increase the benchmark interest rate (Monetary Policy Rate) to 14 per cent from 13 per...
Breaking: After eight months in the saddle, Nigeria’s Statistician-General dies
Barely after eight months in office, the Statistician-General of the Federation, Mr Simon Harry, has passed on. Harry, whose age was not...
Russia/Ukraine war: FG to release new trade policy
Following the war between Russia and Ukraine, the Federal Government has disclosed that it is working on a new policy on trade with...
Nigeria’s inflation rate hit all-time high of 15.75 per cent
… it’s a hydra-headed monster that has eroded disposable and discretionary income of consumers Nigeria’s inflation rate has spiralled to its highest level in...
Nigeria’s inflation rate hits all-time high 14.89 per cent, says NBS
Nigeria’s land borders closure and other factors have pushed the country’s inflation rate to a 31-month high 14.89 per cent as at...
FG, states debt portfolio hits N28.63trn in March 2020 ― Bureau of Statistics
N9.99 trillion is external debt Nigeria’s debt profile has hit N28.63 trillion as at March 31, 2020, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has disclosed....
