NGN/USD 1,540.20 ↓ 0.4% BRENT CRUDE $82.14 ↑ 1.2% NGX INDEX 99,240.50 ↑ 0.1% INFLATION 33.95% ↑ 1.8% MPR 26.25% stable
NGN/USD 1,540.20 ↓ 0.4% BRENT CRUDE $82.14 ↑ 1.2% NGX INDEX 99,240.50 ↑ 0.1% INFLATION 33.95% ↑ 1.8% MPR 26.25% stable

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Analysts fear NBS data now ‘politicised’

ECONOMISTS and data experts are worried at the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) mode of data publicity, questioning the rationale behind the agency’s resort to emails and leaks, rather than its official website. The NBS is accused of allegedly leaking its data to select media organisations or sending data to some of them through emails, […]

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Jan 16, 2025 post

NBS removes crime report from website days after hack, SSS invitation of CEO

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has removed its own report entitled, ‘Crime Experience and Security Perception Survey 2024,’ from website days after hack and the reported invitation of its Chief Executive Officer, Mr Adeyemi Adeniran, by the State Security Service (SSS). The NBS released the crime report on December 17, 2024. It disclosed that […]

Dec 02, 2023 post

Mr President, Nigerian economy must grow by 42% annually to hit $1trn in 2026

President Bola Tinubu wants to bolster the Nigerian economy from its present $441 billion to $1 trillion in 2026, but the economy must grow by 42.2 percent annually to achieve that. On Monday, October 23, 2023, Mr Tinubu, told a group of businesspeople during the Nigerian Economic Summit (NES) in Abuja that the country’s gross […]