National Bureau of Statistics

February 18, (THEWILL) - Rivers State, South-south Nigeria, recorded $6 million investment inflow in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2023, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The inflow, which occurred under Governor Siminalayi Fubara, was the highest...

December 31, (THEWILL) - While Nigerian leaders comb the nooks and crannies of the world persuading foreign investors to troop in and invest in Nigeria, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has shrunk to...

December 24, (THEWILL) - The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said that Nigeria unemployment rate rose to 4.2 percent in the second quarter of 2023, under its new labour methodology survey. The bureau said this in its Nigeria Labour...

December 10, (THEWILL) - Agricultural goods imported into the country in the third quarter of the year (Q3 2023) far exceeded agric exports with 192.5 percent, according to data by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The NBS in its...

October 21, (THEWILL) - The cumulative revenue of the 36 Nigeria states grew by 28.95 per cent from N5.12 trillion in 2021 to N6.6 trillion in 2022, a report has said. BudgIT, a civic advocacy organisation, disclosed this in its...

September 17, (THEWILL) - Nigeria’s annual inflation rate rose to 25.80 per cent in August from 24.08 per cent in the previous month, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Friday. The statistics office said the August headline inflation rate...

September 03, (THEWILL) - Nigeria’s agricultural sector has been on a steady decline in the past seven years, according to data by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). After the second quarter (Q2) of 2016 when it achieved a...

August 27, (THEWILL) - Labour and human resource experts have knocked the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) for the Labour Force report it published on Thursday, August 25, 2023, under its revised survey methodology. The report entitled ‘Nigeria Labour Force...

August 24, (THEWILL) - Nigeria's unemployment rate has dropped to 4.1 per cent in the first quarter of 2023, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), said on Thursday. The nation’s unemployment rate which is an outcome of the labour force...

August 15, (THEWILL) - Nigeria's inflation rate hit 24.08 percent in July 2023, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) report on Tuesday. This is the highest rate reported in 15 years since 2008...