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Food prices rise in January as C’River, Ebonyi lead hike
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said that prices of food items such as yam, rice and beef witnessed increases in January.
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TETFund, IFC commence employability benchmarking programme for tertiary institutions
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) in collaboration with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and other local partners have commenced the conduct of a...
Inflation rate declines, food rate increases in December 2022
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says Nigeria’s headline inflation rate declined to 21.34 per cent on a year-on-year basis in December 2022.
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NBS begins dissemination of MPI report in 2023, says Stastistician General
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says it will begin the zonal dissemination of its MPI Report in January 2023.
Mr Semiu Adeniran, Statistician General...
Inflation, food security and implications for agric revolution
“My pension is only N90, 000 monthly; my children, two undergraduates, and one graduate all rely on this money and my wife’s little income...
Buhari to bequeath 22,000 megawatts generating capacity of electricity by 2023-Minister
The Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu says that the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration will bequeath about 22,000 megawatts installed capacity of electricity by...
MPI:Govts strategy to alleviate more Nigerians out of poverty
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS’) recent National Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) Report which revealed that 133 million Nigerians are multi-dimensionally poor is the...
Cooking gas price increases by 86.62% in one year – NBS
The average price of 5kg of cooking gas increased from N4,456.56 in August to N4,474.48 in September, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has...
Average price of petrol in September was N191.65 per liter – NBS
Consumers paid N191.65 for a liter of petrol in September on the average, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) stated on Saturday.
It stated in...
Nigeria’s capital importation in Q2 stands at $5.513bn
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the total value of capital importation into Nigeria stands at $5.5 billion in the second quarter, with...