Nigeria Produces 55.85m Tons Of Solid Minerals, NBS Says Nigeria produced a total of 55.85m tonnes of solid minerals in the 2018 fiscal year, data released by the National Bureau of Statistics have revealed. The NBS, in its mining and quarrying data report, which was released...

FGN Bonds Top N8.63trn Pension Funds’ Assets, NBS Reveals   Total pension funds’ assets under management increased to N8.63trn in the fourth quarter of 2018 (Q4 2018), compared to N8.32 trillion in Q2, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). FGN bonds accounted for 52.49 per...

NBS: FG Spent N2.95tn On Petrol Imports Last Year the amount spent by the Federal Government on the importation of Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol, soared by nearly 50 per cent to N2.95tn last year. Data obtained by our correspondent from the National Bureau...

Nigeria Recorded N32trn Trade Last Year, By NBS The Nigerian economy recorded a total of N32trn trade in the 2018 fiscal period, figures obtained from the National Bureau of Statistics have revealed. The amount is contained in the fourth quarter foreign trade statistics report, which was...

Nigeria Attracted $43bn Investments In 4years, NBS Reveals Between January 2015 and December 2018, the Nigerian economy attracted a total investment of $43bn, investigations have revealed Based on the official N305 to a dollar exchange rate of the Central Bank of Nigeria, the $43.81bn translates into...

In January, FAAC Disbursed N270bn To FG – NBS   The National Bureau of Statistics says the Federation Account Allocation Committee disbursed the sum of N270bn to the Federal Government in January 2019. The bureau said this in FAAC January 2019 disbursement statistics posted on its website. According...