NBS only Agency Authorised to Issue Unemployment Figures in Nigeria, Says Satistician-General   The Statistician-General of the Federation, Prince Semiu Adeyemi Adeniran, has cautioned Nigerians and urged them to discard and disregard any unemployment figures or data coming from any other body or organisation aside the...

Cooking Gas Price Rises By 22.03% — NBS   The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has disclosed that the average price of 5kg of cooking gas rose year-on-year (YoY) by 22.03 per cent to N4, 610.48 in February 2023 from N3,778.30 in the corresponding period of...

Report Revealed Eight States Got Zero Investment In Four Years   At least eight states failed to attract any foreign investments but piled up N194.09bn debt between 2019 and 2022. Data from the Capital Importation reports of the National Bureau of Statistics revealed that Bayelsa, Gombe, Ebonyi,...

Kerosene Price Rose By 102.37% In One Year - NBS   From N3,778.30 per five kilogramme of the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in March, last year, the average average retail price rose to N4,610.48 last month. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) made this known in its...

Bayelsa, Ondo, Lagos Record Highest Rate Of Inflation - NBS   Bayelsa, Ondo and Lagos states recorded the highest rate of inflation in March 2023. This was according to the latest National Bureau of Statistics data on inflation across the country, which was released on Saturday. According to...

Lagos, Delta Top States’ N5.33trn Domestic Debts   The domestic debt owed by state governments and the Federal Capital Territory administration rose to N5.33tn as of the end of December 2022. The sub-national domestic debt stock was N4.46tn by the end of 2021, which means it rose...