Tag: NBS
Buhari appoints Adeniran as Statistician-General/NBS CEO
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr. Semiu Adeyemi Adeniran as the substantive Statistician-General of the Federation and Chief Executive Officer of...
Statistician-general, Simon Harry, is dead
The statistician-general of the federation, Simon Harry, is dead.
It was gathered that Harry died in the early hours of Wednesday in Abuja.
The demise of...
Kaduna govt faults NBS report on Foreign Direct Investment
Kaduna State has faulted the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) report for the four quarters of 2021, which included the state among the 24...
Nigeria records 15.7% inflation rate in Feb – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), on Tuesday in Abuja said that Nigeria recorded an inflation rate of 15.70 per cent in February 2022.
The...
Why PDP failed to accept Nigeria’s economic growth report ― APC
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has slammed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for describing as “fake” the report by the National Bureau of...
Nigeria records 3.40% GDP growth rate in 2021 – NBS
The nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 3.40 per cent in 2021, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said.
Mr. Simon Harry, the...
Nigeria’s inflation drops to 15.6%, says NBS
The consumer price index (CPI), which measures inflation, dropped to 15.60 per cent (year-on -year) in January 2022 from 15.63 per cent recorded in...
Inflation rises to 15.63% in December, food prices push up CPI
Uptick demand for goods and services associated with yuletide season pushed Consumer Price Index (CPI) known as inflation to 15.63% in December.
This was against November...
NBS: Capital importation stands at $1.73bn in Q3, 2021
The total value of capital importation into Nigeria stood at $1.73 billion in the third quarter of 2021, from $875.62 million in the preceding...
NBS: Nigeria imports N1.05trn worth of petrol in three months
Nigeria imported Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) worth N1.05 trillion in Quarter Three (Q3) of 2021, the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said.
The figure...
