Tag: National Bureau of Statistics
The tangibility of performance, by Fredrick Nwabufo
In the dusk of the last sweltering Saturday, under a nest of affiliates, Samuel, a critic, sidled up to me and said: “Things are...
Believability and the NBS, By Abiodun Adeniyi
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) appears to be a victim of polarised perception. While the Bureau may not have engineered it, dilemmas in...
Rebasing Nigeria’s GDP: Economic realities and new growth path, By Ibrahim...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) recently announced its ongoing efforts to rebase Nigeria's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), a comprehensive exercise designed to provide...
No reprieve as Nigeria’s inflation rate rises to 34.8%
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has announced that Nigeria’s inflation rate increased to 34.80 per cent in December 2024 from 33.60 per cent...
NBS to include prostitution, other illegal activities in GDP calculation
•To unveil rebased GDP, Consumer Price Index this month
•Proposes 2019 as new GDP base year
•Proposes 2024 as base year for inflation computation
The National Bureau...
Christmas: Chicken costs N25,000, Turkey N130,000
Ahead of the Christmas and New Year festivities, costs of basic food items have skyrocketed, raising apprehension among Nigerians, according to a report by...
Hackers take over NBS website
Hackers have compromised the website of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
A report by TheCable on Wednesday evening said that the landing page website...
Over 2.2m cases of Kidnapping recorded in 1yr – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says kidnapping incidence in the country is estimated at 2,235,954 between May 2023 and April 2024.
The NBS revealed...
Google, Facebook, others pay N3.8tn tax to FG – Report
Google, Netflix, Facebook, and other foreign companies operating in Nigeria paid N3.85tn in taxes to the Federal Government in the first nine months of...
Nigerians spent ₦2.23tn as payment for ransom to kidnappers in one...
Nigerians paid ₦2.23tn as ransom to kidnappers in twelve months, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
The NBS said the payments were made...
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