National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)

Nigeria’s inflation shoots up to 21.82 per cent

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) disclosed today that Nigeria inflation has soared up to 21.82 per cent as at January 2023 compared...

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....