(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - There were 222.5 million telephone subscribers in Nigeria as at end of 2022, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said. The 2022 figure showed an increase of 27.1 million subscribers over the 195.5 million subscribers recorded at the end of 2021. The NBS stated the figures in its Telecoms Data: Active
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the average price of 5kg of cooking gas increased from N4,600.57 recorded in February to N4,610.48 in March. This is contained in the Bureau’s “Cooking Gas Price Watch’’ for March 2023 released on Monday in Abuja. The report said the March 2023 price represented a
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - Nigeria’s inflation rate rose to 22.04% in March 2023 compared to February 2023 headline inflation rate which was 21.91%. According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) report released on Saturday, the March 2023 inflation rate showed an increase of 0.13% points when compared to February 2023 headline
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says global growth will bottom out at 2.8 per cent in 2023 before rising modestly to 3.0 per cent in 2024. This is according to the IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) Update Report for April 2023: “A Rocky Recovery”, released on Tuesday at the World Bank
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says total capital importation in Nigeria stood d at 1,060.73 million dollars in quarter four of 2022. The NBS said this in its Nigeria Capital Importation Q4 2022 report released on Wednesday in Abuja. The report said the Q4 figure was lower than the 2,187.63 million