IMF Demands Debt Data Accuracy, Transparency From Nigeria
A day after the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released report that said states and federal debts had hit N32.92 trillion as at December 2020, the International Monetary Fund (IMF),…
How Food Prices Increased In January, By NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) at the weekend explained how prices of different food items rose in January 2021 The explanation is contained in its “Selected food price watch…
20m More Nigerians To Become Poor By 2022 – World Bank
The World Bank projects that the number of poor people in Nigeria will increase by 20 million by 2022. According to the bank’s Nigeria Development Update (NDU), an average Nigerian…
BREAKING: Inflation Rate Hits 14%,Highest In Four Years-B NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says consumer price index, which measures inflation, hit 14.23 percent in October. The inflation rate jumped by 0.52 percentage points which is the highest…
NBS Discloses 82.9m Nigerians Are Poor By National Standard
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has disclosed that more than 82.9 million Nigerians are poor by national standards. The NBS made this known in its report on Poverty and…
Inflation rate Jumps To 11.61% – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said that Nigeria’s annual inflation rate rose from 11.24 per cent in September to 11.61 per cent in October. The Bureau disclosed this in…
