National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has published the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) Report at State level for the first half of the year (H1, 2021) with Lagos State, the commercial hub of Nigeria, leading with N267,232,774,434.06…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr. Simon B. Harry as the new Statistician-General of the Federation to head the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Dr. Harry is to succeed the outgoing…

Latest report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) shows that the consumer price index (CPI,) which measures inflation increased by 17.93 percent (year-on-year) in May 2021, indicating a drop of 0.19 percent points from the rate…

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that prices of food items rose the most in Kebbi, Ekiti and Kano in April. The Bureau made this known in its Consumer Price Index (CPI) report released on Monday. The report shows…

The latest report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown that the consumer price index (CPI), which measures inflation, increased by 18.17 percent (year-on-year) in March 2021. This is 0.82 percent points higher than the rate…

Nigerian States and Federal Debt Stock data as of 31st December 2020 reflected that the country's total public debt portfolio stood at N32.92trn, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Nigeria's total public debt…

Nigeria’s inflation rate rose to 17.33% in February 2021, from 16.47% recorded in the previous month. This represents the highest inflation rate recorded in four years. This is according to the latest inflation report published by the…

Nigeria’s unemployment rate has risen to 33.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2020 (Q4, 2020), representing 23.18 million people.  This is based on the Q4, 2020 Unemployment and Underemployment report released by the National…

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) survey has shown that 58 percent of households in the country reduced their food consumption between July and December 2020 in order to cope with shocks caused by COVID’19. According to the Bureau,…

In the fourth quarter of 2020, Nigeria's total merchandise trade stood at N9,120.2billion, representing 8.9% over the level recorded in the third quarter of 2020 but was 9.9% lower when compared to the fourth quarter of 2019. This is…