Oil, Gas GDP Contribution Declines By N3.25trn In Two Years       The contribution of crude petroleum and natural gas sector, which is a sub-sector under the mining and quarrying sector, to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product dropped from N13.45tn in 2018 to N10.2tn in 2020, signifying a...

Economic Growth May Regress If We Don’t Borrow — Ahmed       The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said the 5.01 percent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth recorded in the second quarter of 2021 will regress if the federal government does not...

FDC Forecasts 2.6% GDP Growth For Nigeria In Q2       Financial Derivatives Company Limited has said the Nigerian economy is expected to grow by 2.6 per cent in the second quarter of this year, up from 0.51 per cent in Q1. Analysts at Lagos-based FDC, led by...

IMF Retains 2.5% Economic Growth Estimate For Nigeria       The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has retained Nigeria’s 2.5 percent economic growth forecast for 2021. The institution said this in its World Economic Outlook (WEO) for July titled “Fault Lines Widen in the Global Recovery” released on Tuesday...

Insurance Sector Contracted By 2.08% In Q1, 2021       The insurance sector contracted by 2.08 per cent in the first quarter of 2021, according to the latest figures obtained from the National Bureau of Statistics. The NBS, in its report on Gross Domestic Product for the first...

Air Transport’s Contribution To GDP Drops By 11.8% - NBS       Air transport’s contribution to Gross Domestic Product for the first quarter of 2021 sunk by 11.78 per cent. A quarterly report published by the National Bureau of Statistics on Sunday showed that air transport under services...