Tag: National Bureau of Statistics
Weekly Markets Wrap: Stocks end week positive, treasury yields contract 41bps...
WED, JULY 29 2020-theG&BJournal-With negative expectations already priced in, earnings did better than expected, spurring investor interest across Cement and Tier I bank stocks...
Ease of lockdown boosts jobs by 70%-NBS survey
TUE, JULY 14 2020-theG&BJournal- Nigerian jobs soared since the beginning of May 2020 as the commerce and services sectors, those hardest hit by the...
Nigerian States and Federal domestic and foreign debt is N28.63trn in...
FRI, JULY 10 2020-theG&BJournal- Nigerian States and Federal Debt Stock data as of 31st March 2020 reflected that the country total public debt portfolio...
National Bureau of Statistics new report paints mixed picture of Living...
WED, JULY 08 2020-theG&BJournal- The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) today published data from a survey of Nigeria Living Standard (NLSS), ''the first large...
Nigeria’s inflation rose to 12.40% in May
WED, JUN 17 2020-theG&BJournal-Nigeria’s Inflation rose 0.06 percent higher from 13.34%- in April to 12.40% in May 2020, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)...
COVID-19 drives Nigeria’s merchandise trade into N138.98 billion deficit
TUE, JUN 09 2020-theG&BJournal- The trade data published today by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) shows that Nigeria’s merchandise trade declined in Q1...
42% of poorest households lost job to COVID-19, finds NBS
FRI, JUN 05 2020-theG&BJournal- 42% of poorest households (from the lowest consumption quintile) who were working before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic are...
FAAC dips into Excess Oil Revenue to fund three-tiers of government...
WED, JUN 03 2020-theG&BJournal- The three-tiers of government received N199.36 billion more from the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) in April 2020 than they...
Weekly Markets Wrap: Equities post 5.9% gain to end week in...
SAT, MAY 30 2020-theG&BJournal- The Nigerian equities market posted another positive performance in the week, as activities seem to be normalizing post-lockdown.
The ASI recorded...
Nigeria GDP shrinks to 1.87% year-on-year on COVID-19 disruptions
MON, MAY 25 2020-theG&BJournal- Nigeria GDP grew at one of its slowest pace of expansion since the third quarter of 2018.
The latest data published...
