Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product grew by 3.11 per cent in the first quarter of 2022, this is according to the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics. In a tweet posted to its official Twitter page, @NBS_Nigeria, on Monday, the NBS wrote, “Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 3.11% (year-on-year) in real terms in the first quarter of […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the appointment of Mr Semiu Adeniran as the substantive Statistician-General of the Federation and Chief Executive Officer of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), with immediate effect. This is contained in a statement by the Special Assistant on Media to the Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Sufuyan Ojeifo, […]
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Nigeria’s Statistician-General, Simon Harry, has passed away. Harry died Wednesday morning in Abuja, the nation’s capital. President Muhammadu Buhari appointed him in August 2021 to replace Yemi Kale. The holder of the official doubles as Head of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Prior to his appointment, Harry was the Director of NBS Corporate Planning […]
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The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has debunked an new media report purporting that the Statistician-General of the Federation, Dr Simon Harry, is dead. A statement issued on Sunday in Abuja by Ichedi Joel, Director, Communication and Public Relations Department, NBS, said the report was false. “The Bureau wishes to state that there is no […]
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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Nigeria dropped to $214.25m in the first quarter of 2020 from $257.25m in the fourth quarter of 2019. The National Bureau of Statistics disclosed this in its report on ‘Nigerian capital importation’ for the first quarter of 2020 on Tuesday. According to the NBS, the FDI which stood at $247.37m […]
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The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, has revealed that about 1,331 Nigerians died in road accidents in the second quarter of 2018. This was contained in a report released on Tuesday entitled; “NBS Road Transport Data (Q2 2018).” According to the report, 1,257 of the 1,331 Nigerians that got killed were adults, representing 94 percent, […]
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The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, has released a report on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for April, 2018. According to this report, inflation increased by 12.48 percent (year-on-year) in April 2018, this is 0.86 percent points less than the rate recorded in March 2018 (13.34) percent and represents the fifteenth consecutive disinflation since January […]
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The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Nigeria’s capital importation in the first quarter stood at 6,303.63 million dollars. The NBS stated this in the Nigerian Capital Importation for First Quarter for 2018 released on Friday in Abuja. The bureau stated that the value of capital imported in the quarter recorded an increase of 594.03 […]
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The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the net Federal Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) allocation to the 36 states in 2017 Fiscal Year stood at N1.73 trillion. The NBS stated this in “Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) at State Level for 2017 report’’ published on the bureau’s website. Meanwhile, the NBS stated that the full year […]
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The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the inflation rate, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), has further dropped to 15.13 per cent in January from 15.37 per cent recorded in December, 2017, The NBS disclosed this in its CPI report for January 2018 released on Wednesday in Abuja. The Consumer Price Index (CPI), […]
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