Companies Raise Employees' Salaries by 18.35% in Six Months   To combat rising inflation in the country, companies increased the salaries of their staff members by 18.35 per cent to N29.45 trillion in the first six months of 2023. This is based on data from the National...

States Borrow N988trn, Spend N1.7trn on Meals, Trips, others   The 36 states of the federation have spent N1.71tn on recurrent expenditures including allowances, foreign trips, office stationery, aircraft maintenance, and more in the first nine months of 2023. This is according to an analysis of their...

Jigawa, Akwa-Ibom Lead as States Record $910m Forex Gain   No fewer than 13 state governments recorded significant Foreign exchange revaluation profits worth N71.59 billion in three months. This was disclosed through data obtained from the third quarter budget implementation report (July to September) on each state’s...

Fuel Scarcity: Queues Return to Abuja as Price Increases Long queues for petrol resurfaced in Abuja and environs yesterday, amidst speculations about a possible pump price increase. Reports revealed that many independent marketers’ stations have already raised the price of premium motor spirit (PMS) popularly called...

Nigeria’s Inflation Hits 27.33% as Food Prices Soar   Nigeria’s annual inflation rate rose to 27.33 per cent in October from 26.72 per cent in the previous month, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Wednesday. The statistics office said the October 2023 headline inflation rate showed...

Price of Rice Increases 60%, Yam 45% as Transport Fare Spikes — NBS Report   The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) yesterday, said the price of one kilogram (kg) of local rice sold loose increased year-on-year (YoY) by 60.5 percent to N757.06 in September 2023 from...