Half Year Real GDP Stands At 12.18% - NBS         The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) yesterday said the real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate for the first half of this year was -2.18 per cent year-on-year. It said in the first quarter (Q1) of this...

Real Estate Sector Contracted By 8.06% In Q3         The real estate sector of the economy contracted by 8.06 per cent in the third quarter of 2020, according to latest figures obtained from the 2020 quarter report of the National Bureau of Statistics. Part of the report...

Major Food Prices Increased In October, Says NBS Report         The National Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday said the prices of some major selected food items increased in October 2020. In its just released report on Food Price Watch for October 2020, the bureau revealed that the...

Insurance Sector Contracts By 16.54% In Q3       The insurance sector contracted by 16.54 per cent in the third quarter of 2020 financial period, latest figures from the National Bureau of Statistics have shown. The NBS revealed on Saturday that the sector which contracted by 28.15 per...

Chinese Products Top Nigeria’s Imported Goods List – NBS       A total of 31.41 per cent of goods imported into Nigeria are from China, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. The NBS stated in its report on ‘Foreign trade in goods statistics’ for second quarter of...

Food Prices Rose In September - NBS         Food prices rose in September according to the National Bureau of Statistics. The NBS disclosed this in its ‘Selected food price watch data’ for the month of September 2020. The report said the average price of one dozen of agric...