National Bureau of Statistics

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Friday disclosed that Nigeria’s total trade stood at N26.8 trillion in the fourth quarter of 2023. NBS in its “Foreign Trade in Goods Statistic” disclosed that exports were valued at …

The price of Rice rose up sharply by 98.47 per cent in January 2024 and gradually getting beyond the reach of average Nigerians following the increase in its price to N1, 021.79 from N514. 83 that it was sold in January 2023. A kilo of…

The size of Nigeria’s capital market is about N68 trillion in nominal value comprising N42 trillion debt market and N26 trillion equities market as of last Friday November 25, 2022. Of this figure, the Federal Government controls…

Nigeria's economy grew by 2.25 per cent in the third quarter of the year, indicating a 1.78 per cent dip from the 4.03 per cent growth rate of the corresponding period in 2021. Equally, the growth figure for the quarter slows down by…

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Thursday painted a scary picture of the standards of living in Nigeria, revealing that over 133 million of the country's 211.4 million population are multi-dimensionally poor, representing 63 per…

Nigeria's headline inflation accelerated to 21.09 percent in October 2022 compared with 15.99 percent recorded in October 2021, indicating that the general price level in the month of October 2022 increased by 5.09 per cent in the 12 months…

Without prejudice to extent of preparations, has government genuinely evaluated reasons for dispute and rejection of previous census results in Nigeria before proceeding to organize another headcount?  Results of census conducted in 1962,…

Nigeria’s headline inflation has surged to 20.52 per cent in August this year, rising from 19.64 per cent recorded in July last month. According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) report released on Thursday, inflationary…

Drop in import bill in the second quarter of this year has dragged down the country’s merchandize trade by N160bn in the second quarter of this year. Data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Thursday showed that in the…

The total value of capital importation into Nigeria in the second quarter of this year fell by 2.40 per cent quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) to $1.54bn, from $1.57 billion reported in Q1 2022, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has…