The value of total foreign investments into the country rose by 34.6 percent year-on-year to $8.5 billion in the first quarter of 2019 (Q1’19). This is contained in the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Capital Importation report for Q1’19 released yesterday. The report said: “The total value of capital importation into Nigeria stood at $8.485 […]Read More
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…Adds 740,146 Jobs In 12 Months, NBS Survey Reveals A total of 740, 146 jobs were added in Lagos State between July 2017 and June 2018, a survey of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) as captured in its recently released report has revealed. The feat of job creation recorded by Lagos, as shown in […]Read More
Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 1.93% in 2018 compared to 0.82% recorded in 2017, representing an increase of 1.09% points. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) stated this in its Q4 full year 2018 released on Tuesday, February 12, 2019, in Abuja, the nation’s capital. According to the NBS, in the fourth quarter, […]Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari says the recent data reeled out by the National Bureau of Statistics show that his administration is doing well. Buhari said this on Wednesday during a Gala Night organised by beneficiaries of the government’s Anchor Borrowers Programme held at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja. The President followed the announcement on Wednesday […]Read More
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) which measured inflation for October decreased by 0.74 per cent (month-on-month) from 0.83 per cent recorded in September. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said in its “CPI and Inflation Report” for October released in Abuja. According to the Bureau, the figure is 0.09 per cent points less than the […]Read More
The Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has reported that for the first time since Nigeria’s exit from recession, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has recorded growth. Driven by the non-oil sector, GDP which grew by 2.05 per cent in the second quarters of 2018 represented the strongest growth in non-oil GDP since fourth quarter of […]Read More