28 States Attracted No Foreign Investment In Q1 - NBS   28 states failed to attract capital importation in the first quarter of 2023, according to the new Foreign Direct Investment data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Out of the 36 states and the...

Capital Importation Into Nigeria Fall By 28% In Q1, 2023   National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), yesterday, said total capital importation into Nigeria in Q1 2023 stood at $1,132.65 million, lower than $1,573.14 million recorded in Q1 2022, indicating a 28.00 per cent drop. When compared to...

Airfare Increases By 34.06% In One Year - NBS   From May, last year, airfare paid by air passengers for a single journey rose by 34.06 per cent from N55,906.86 to N74,948.78 in May 2023. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) made this known yesterday in its...

Meanwhile, in its assessment of JAMB results between 2013 and 2022, the Economic Confidential Magazine has listed 56 Best Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidates in the last 10 years who scored an average of 290 and above.

Ondo, Kogi, Rivers lead as Inflation Rises to 22.41% - NBS   The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the average prices of goods rose the highest year-on-year in Ondo, Kogi, and Rivers states. This is as inflation in the country rose to 22.41 per cent in...

Nigeria Records N931.1bn Trade Surplus In Q1, 2023   Nigeria recorded N931.1billion surplus trade in the First Quarter of the year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Its document entitled: “Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics (Q1 2023),” which The Nation obtained yesterday, stated in the...