Tag: NBS
Nigeria’s Current Account records eighth consecutive quarterly deficit
SAT, OCT 10 2020-theG&BJournal-Nigeria’s Current Account (CA) recorded its eighth consecutive quarterly deficit in Q2-20 at USD3.23 billion. The deficit was largely underpinned by...
States Internally Generated Revenue drops by 11.7%, Lagos leads with N204.51bn...
By Audrey Lotechukwu
TUE, 06 OCT, 2020-theGBJournal-The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) today, published the data on Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) at State level for...
855 Nigerians killed in road traffic crashes in Q2 2020
WED, 30 SEPT, 2020-theGBJournal- The numbers just published by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), are grim and reflects the daily unruly driving culture...
Federation Account Allocation rises as three tiers of government share N696.18bn...
TUE, 22 SEPT, 2020-theGBJournal-The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) disbursed the sum of N696.18bn to the three tiers of government in July 2020 from...
NBS report shows many Nigerians still unemployed and selling personal belongings...
MON, SEPT 7 2020-theG&BJournal- The latest Q2 2020 Labor Force Survey (LFS) collected by the Nigerian National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), shows that the...
North-Central records highest number of drug cases with 517,711.69 reported-NBS
THUR, AUG 27 2020-theG&BJournal- Drug Seizure and Arrest Statistics 2019 data published today by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revealed that 612,547.89kg quantity...
COVID-19 hit Nigerian economy shrinks 6.10% year-on-year in Q2 2020
By Audrey Lotechukwu
MON, AUG 24 2020-theG&BJournal- Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate shrank by 6.10% (year-on-year) in real terms in the second quarter...
Inflation expands to 26bps to 12.82% y/y in July 2020, highest...
MON, AUG 17 2020-theG&BJournal- Nigeria’s headline inflation expanded by 26bps to 12.82% y-on-y in July 2020 (June 12.56%), the highest since March 2018.
The increase...
NBS publishes hugely controversial employment figures with six quarters missing
By Audrey Lotechukwu
FRI, AUG 14 2020-theG&BJournal-The latest unemployment report published today by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) ‘’may not be reflective of the...
Inflation jumps 12.56% in June
FRI, JULY 17 2020-theG&BJournal- Nigeria’s inflation raced to 26 months high in June with cost of food and services recording sharp rise in the...
