Top Ten Banks Pay N260.3bn As Income Tax   Ten top commercial banks listed on the Nigerian Exchange Limited have paid N260.3 billion as Company income tax (CIT) in 2022, representing a 28 percent increase over the N203.06 billion they paid in 2021. This was disclosed by...

Food Prices Still On The Rise In Nigerian Markets — NBS   The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)said that prices of food items such as yam, beans and beef witnessed increases in March. This is contained in NBS Selected Food Prices Watch Report for March 2023 released...

External Debt: FG Deducts N78bn From States Allocations For Servicing   The Federal Government deducted over N78bn from allocations made to the states for external debt servicing. This was according to data from the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) Disbursement reports published by the National Bureau of...

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...

Telecom Base Stations Fuel Cost Now N400bn - NBS   The cost of powering telecommunication services has hit N33.47bn per month following a 55.16 per cent year-on-year increase in the cost of diesel. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the cost of diesel rose to N836.81...

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,...