National Bureau of Statistics

November 17, (THEWILL) - About 133 million Nigerians are poor and are living in poverty, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said in its 2022 Multidimensional Poverty Index Survey released in Abuja on Thursday. Noting that the figure represents 63% of the...

October 17, (THEWILL) - Nigeria's inflation rose to 20.77 percent in September 2022 from 20.52 percent recorded in August 2022, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), reported on Monday. According to the NBS, in September 2022, on a...

October 13, (THEWILL) – The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says the total credit allocated to the private sector by the banking industry in Q1 of 2021 stands at N62.28 trillion. This is according to the NBS Selected Banking Sector...

October 5, (THEWILL) – The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said the insecurity situation in the country is affecting its operations. According to the Bureau, the wave of terrorism and insecurity reached $52 billion in 2017 and $119 billion...

September 22, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has deployed 84 assistive Information Technology projects at different locations in Nigeria, to support people with special needs, while supporting policies that enable disadvantaged members of the society to live a...

September 18, (THEWILL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has reiterated its commitment to developing the commodities ecosystem in Nigeria to boost its non-oil sector. The Director-General of SEC, Lamido Yuguda, stated this at the 2022 annual conference of the...

SAN FRANCISCO, December 23, (THEWILL) - Investment inflows to the Nigerian economy hit the bottommost point in five years as of third quarter of 2020 (Q3 ’20), data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown. The statistics bureau in...