NBS Report Says 133 million Nigerians are Poor The National Bureau of Statistics latest data has indicated that 133 million Nigerians are multidimensionally poor. In its latest National Multidimensional Poverty Index Report launched on Thursday, the NBS said that 63 per cent of Nigerians are poor...

State Govts Lose N116bn Tax Revenue In Two Years   Knocks have trailed the loss of N116bn tax revenue by the state governments in Nigeria within a space of two years. According to the data from the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics, a total of 13 states had...

In One Year , Airfares Rose By 96.87%   The National Bureau of Statistics has stated that air transportation rose by 96.87 per cent in one year. In its report titled ‘transport fare watch’ (September 2022), the Bureau noted that the average fare paid by air passengers...

Insurance Sector Records 17.28% Growth In Q2, 2022   The insurance sector grew by 17.28 per cent in the second quarter of 2022, according to figures obtained from the National Bureau of Statics’ Gross Domestic Product report for the period. The NBS stated in the report that,...

SB4kids : NITDA Trains 859 Kids on Emerging Technologies By Abbas Badmus The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has trained 859 kids on Coding in Abuja, Lagos and Kano States. NITDA at the end of the training urged the kids to develop indigenous Coding languages, and...

Oil Firms Degrade Environment, Spill N711bn Worth Of Crude Oil   Environmental right activists have raised the alarm over the continuous environment degradation as estimation puts total value of oil spilled by operators in the Niger Delta at N711bn. Data obtained from the Nigerian Oil Spill Monitor,...