Inflation Rate Drops to 33.4% In July – NBS A newly published report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has indicated a decline in Nigeria’s headline inflation rate to 33.40 per cent in July 2024 from 34.19 per cent in June 2024. The development marks...

States Receive N39.6bn Ecological Funds in One Year A publication by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) shows that Nigeria’s 36 states received N39.62bn as ecological fund allocations from June 2023 to June 2024 from the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC). The ecological fund is a...

Food Importation Gulps $689.88 million in Q1 2024 The import of food products gulped about $689.88 million in the first quarter of 2024, which is about 17% of the total foreign exchange (FX) spending on imports. This is according to the sectoral utilization of foreign exchange...

FG's Non-oil Savings Rise by 304.1% – NBS The Federal Government’s savings in its non-oil excess account increased by 304.1 per cent in the first year of the current administration. This is according to an analysis of the monthly Federation Allocation Accounts Committee (FAAC) report released...

Nigeria’s Spending on Jet Fuel Importation Drops by 87% to N31bn - NBS   Nigeria’s spending on kerosene type jet fuel importation fell quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) by 87 percent to N31 billion in the first quarter of 2024 (Q1’24) from N239.18 billion in Q4’23. Meanwhile, according to a...

Oil Sector Foreign Investments Dips by 0.5% Nigeria's foreign capital investments in the oil and gas sector has dropped from $720m in 2016 to $3.64m in the entire 2023, this is representing a 0.5 decrease in the industry. According to a report by the National Bureau...