….As Rice Price Surges By 98.47% As Nigeria’s surging inflation rate which rose to an all-time record high of 29.90% in January this year continued to take huge toll on consumers’ real incomes, Nigerians paid higher for all categories of food items in the month under review as the average price of 1kg Rice local […]
Economists at Comercio Partners, a Nigerian firm providing financial advisory and assets management services, have advised the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to critically weigh the option of maintaining a bullish stance at the next meeting of its Monetary Policy Committee in view of the current micro and macroeconomic challenges in the economy and the […]
Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 3.46% (year-on-year) in real terms in the fourth quarter of 2023, lower than the 3.52% recorded in the corresponding quarter of 2022, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported on Thursday. The Bureau, in its ‘Nigeria Gross Domestic Product Q4 2023’ report published on its website, however, stated […]
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported on Wednesday that average retail price per litre of Household Kerosene (HHK) paid by consumers in January was N1,329.53, representing a decline of 2.40% compared to N1,362.27 paid by them in December 2023. The Bureau, in its ‘National Household Kerosene Price Watch (January 2024)’ hoisted on its website, […]
….Lagos Attracts 65.35% Of Capital Inflows The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) at the weekend reported that Nigeria’s total capital importation value in the fourth quarter of last year marginally increased to $1.088 billion, slightly higher than the $1.060 billion recorded in Q4 2022 and represented a 2.62% year-on-year increase. But then, the statistics agency […]
Nigeria’s unemployment rate significantly surged to 5.0% in the third quarter of 2023, representing an increase of 0.8% points increase over the unemployment rate of the preceding quarter. The figures were given by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in its ‘Labour Force Survey Q3 2023’ report published on Monday on its website. An analysis […]
Nigeria’s inflation rate in January 2024 further increased, rising to 29.90% from 28.92% recorded in the previous month, amid macroeconomic whirlwinds in the nation’s socioeconomic space. The latest National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) ‘CPI and Inflation Report January 2024’ report posted on its website on Thursday indicated that the increase in the general price level […]
The regional Vice-President for Africa and the Middle East at the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Kamil Al Awadhi, has estimated that the cost of operating airlines in Nigerian airports remain among the most expensive in Africa. Awadhi, who made this remark during an interview on CNBC Africa, disclosed that contrary to reports in the […]
The Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Mr. Taiwo Oyedele, has disclosed that about 81% of employed Nigerians are not in any productive sector of the economy. Oyedele, who gave this figure on Thursday at an Africa Trade and Investment Summit, said that while the unemployment rate in Nigeria remained […]
Total customers of electricity in Nigeria rose to 11.71 million in Q3 2023 from 11.47 million in Q2 2023, showing an increase of 2.08% quarter-on-quarter, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has reported. The statistics agency gave these figures in its ‘Nigeria Electricity Report (Q3 2023)’ published on Wednesday, January 31, on its website. The […]