The Statistician-General of the Federation, Mr Adeyemi Adeniran, has called on stakeholders to take action to eradicate poverty in Nigeria. Adeniran, CEO, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said this at a Stakeholders Technical Dialogue on the “Operationalisation of the Multidimensional Poverty Index(MPI) as a Policy Tool in Nigeria”...
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The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says prices of rice, garri, tomato, beans, yam and other food items increased in April 2024. The NBS said this in its Selected Food Prices Watch report for April 2024 released in Abuja on Friday. The report said that the average price...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), has said the Nigeria’s headline inflation rate increased to 33.69 per cent in April 2024. The NBS said this in its Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Inflation Report for April, which was released in Abuja on Wednesday. According to the report,...
Many residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have lamented the increasing cost of Garri and how the staple food is becoming inaccessible to the average Nigerian. The latest National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Food Price Report revealed that the average price of 1kg of white garri increased...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says prices of beef, rice, beans, white garri, yam, and other food items increased in March 2024. The NBS said this in its Selected Food Prices Watch report for March 2024,, released in Abuja on Friday. The report said that the average...
Cross River State Government on Saturday dismissed as untrue a survey report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) that it had the highest incidence of child labour in the country. The NBS had stated in the report that of the 24.6 million children in child labour in...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says that 24,673,485 children, accounting for 39.2 per cent of all children aged five to 17 years old in Nigeria are in child labour. The NBS said this in its Nigeria Child Labour and Forced Labour Survey Report for 2022, which was...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Nigeria’s headline inflationgf rate increased to 33.20 per cent in March 2024. The NBS said this in its Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Inflation Report for March, which was released in Abuja on Monday. According to the report, the figure is...
The National Average Cost of a Healthy Diet (CoHD) per adult a day stood at N938 in February, 2024, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said in a report. The NBS revealed this in its CoHD report for February, 2024 released on Friday in Abuja. The bureau said...
Nigeria’s public debt stock increased from N87.91 trillion (114.35 billion dollars ) in the third quarter of 2023 to N97.34 trillion (108.23 billion dollars ) in the fourth quarter of 2023. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said this on Tuesday in its Nigerian Domestic and Foreign Debt...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said the average price of 5kg of cooking gas increased from N5,139.25 recorded in January, 2023 to N6,154.50 in February, 2024. NBS disclosed this its “Cooking Gas Price Watch’’ for February, 2024 released on Saturday in Abuja. The report said the...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said that the prices of beef, rice, beans, onion, white garri, yam, bread, and other food items increased in February 2024. It said this in its Selected Food Prices Watch report for February 2024 released in Abuja on Saturday. The report...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says the average retail price of a litre of petrol increased from N263.76 in February 2023 to N679.36 in February 2024. The bureau said this in its Petrol Price Watch for February 2024, released in Abuja on Wednesday. It said that the...
Nigeria’s headline inflation has moved to 31.70 percent in February, according to the latest data by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The NBS released the figure on Friday afternoon with the latest data a rise from the 29.90 percent recorded in January 2024. More to follow…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), said the aggregate Value Added Tax (VAT) stood at N1.20 trillion in Q4 2023. This is according to the VAT Q4 2023 report released in Abuja on Thursday. The report shows a growth rate of 26.61 per cent on a quarter-on-quarter basis...
The National Average Cost of a Healthy Diet (CoHD) per adult per day was N858 in January 2024, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), has said. The NBS said this in its CoHD report for January 2024 released in Abuja on Saturday. The bureau said the CoHD is...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says prices of beef, rice, beans, onion, tomato, and other food items increased in January 2024. It said this in its Selected Food Prices Watch report for January 2024 released in Abuja on Tuesday. The report said that the average price of...
The National Bureau of Statistics says 11.94 billion litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol were imported in the first half of 2023. The NBS stated this in its Petroleum Products Distribution Statistics for Half Year 2023 released in Abuja on Wednesday. The report said...