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- 19 Dec 2024
Hackers Seize NBS Newly Redesigned Website
Cybercriminals have persisted in targeting Nigerian government websites, with the most recent attack on the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The NBS confirmed the development in a brief statement…
- 24 Jun 2024
DisCos’ revenue rose by 17% to N291bn in Q1 2024 - NBS
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that electricity distribution companies (DisCos) in Nigeria made a total of N291.62 billion in the first quarter (Q1) of 2024. NBS, in its latest…
- 7 Apr 2017
Nigeria’s Airports Recorded 15.2m Passengers in 2016 - NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said that a total of 15,232, 597 passengers travelled through Nigeria’s airports in 2016. The NBS which disclosed this figure in a report on “Fourth…
- 18 May 2017
NBS Inflation Report: Analyst Says 2017 Is Nigeria First Major Test
Report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) shows Consumer Price Index (CPI) which measure inflation declined by 0.02 per cent in April. According to the NBS in its new report, the inflation…
- 14 Jun 2016
Nigeria’s Inflation Hits 15.6 % in May – NBS
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), on Tuesday, said the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased to 15.6 percent in May from 13. 7 percent in April. A report released by the NBS in Abuja said…
- 7 May 2018
ATMs Record Transactions Value of N1.56bn in Q1 – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) from selected Banks across the country, recorded transactions valued at N1.568 billion in first quarter. The NBS stated…
- 8 Sept 2014
NBS says Economy Created 2.5m Jobs in Two Years
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) yesterday said the Nigerian economy created a total of 2.48 million new jobs between July 2012 and June this year. Dr. Yemi Kale, statistician general for the…
- 13 Mar 2019
Telecoms Subscribers Hit 172.8m –NBS
The number of active voice subscribers in the telecoms sector rose to 172.82 million as of the end of the fourth quarter of 2018, the data obtained from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has…
- 9 Jan 2025
NBS Website Still Down More than 3 Weeks after Cyber Attack
The website of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), www.nigerianstat.gov.ng , has remained offline for three weeks following a cyber attack that compromised its operations. As at 12am today…
- 8 Mar 2023
NBS says FG Generates N697Bn from VAT in Q4 2022
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said the federal government generated N697.38 billion as Value Added Tax (VAT) in the fourth quarter of 2022. The Bureau disclosed this in its “Sectoral…
- 29 Apr 2025
NBS Unveils Crowd-Sourcing Initiative for Accurate Statistical Data
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has introduced a crowd-sourcing initiative aimed at providing more accurate statistical information and data to policymakers and the general public. According to a…
- 27 May 2014
Nigeria’s Economy Created 1.2m Jobs in 2013 -NBS
The Nigerian economy created a total of 1.163 million jobs within the 2013 fiscal year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said. The jobs, according to the bureau in its latest job creation…
- 16 Aug 2020
Unemployed Nigerians Hit 22m in 2020- NBS
The total number of unemployed Nigerians is 21,764,617, according to National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The statistics are contained in the bureau’s Labor Force Statistics website, entitled…
- 16 Dec 2025
REA, NBS Partner to Deliver Comprehensive Energy Data for Nigeria
The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) and the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to conduct a nationwide energy survey aimed at closing long-standing…
- 24 Apr 2023
222.5m Nigerians use telephones in 2022 – NBS
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday said that there were 222.6 million telephone subscribers in Nigeria as at end of 2022. The 2022 figure showed an increase of 27.1 million subscribers…
- 10 Sept 2018
Nigerian Airports Record 3.65mn Passengers in Q2, 2018 – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says 3.65 million air passengers travelled through Nigerian airports in the second quarter of 2018 as against 3.84 million recorded in the first quarter. The…
- 30 Jun 2026
Domestic Air Fares Rise 20.8 Percent to N157,552 in May – NBS
The average fare paid for domestic air travel in Nigeria rose by 20.8 per cent year-on-year to N157,552.19 in May 2026, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The figure represents an…
- 21 Jan 2018
Unemployment: 7.5m Nigerians are Doing Nothing– NBS
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said 7.5million Nigerians were left doing nothing between January 2016 and December 30, 2017. The bureau stated this in “Labour Force Statistics Vol. 2:…
- 18 Apr 2013
Nigeria’s Imports from Asia Hit N2.3Tr in 2012-NBS
Report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) indicates that out of a total of N5,624.9 billion worth of goods imported into the country in 2012, Asian countries accounted for N2,319.9…
- 25 Apr 2017
NBS Wins Best Public Sector Website Award
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has emerged as the winner of the Best Public Sector website for the year 2016 and 2017. The award was attributed to the manner in which the bureau had…
- 18 Dec 2012
NBS Reports Worst Inflation in November’s CPI
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) yesterday released its Consumer Price Index (CPI) showing consumer at its highest in four months in November as the impact of the country's worst flooding in 50…
- 11 Jan 2018
Minister Fights NBS over Job Losses Figures
Chief Audu Ogbeh, minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, has picked holes in the recently released third quarter report of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), indicating that over four…
- 20 Nov 2012
Floods, Cost of Transportation Fuel Inflation in October -NBS
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Monday that the composite Consumer Price Index which measures inflation in Nigeria rose to 11.7 per cent year-on-year in October (compared to 11.3 percent in…
- 11 Mar 2021
NBS Says 2 out of 5 Bank Workers Contract Staff
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said that two out of every five people working in Nigerian banks are contract staff. According to analysis of data provided by the National Bureau of…
- 28 Dec 2023
NBS says Nigeria’s Public Debt Stock Hits N87.91trn in Q3
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has announced that Nigeria’s public debt stock (which includes external and domestic debts) rose to N87.91 trillion (US$114.35 billion) in Q3 2023 from N87.38…
- 15 Dec 2023
Nigeria’s Inflation Hits 28.20% in November – NBS
Nigeria’s headline inflation rate for November increased to 28.20% compared to the October 2023 rate which was 27.33%, the National Bureau of Statistics has disclosed. The NBS in its Consumer Price…
- 10 Dec 2024
Nigeria's VAT Revenue Hits N1.78 Trillion in Q3 2024, NBS Reports
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has announced that Nigeria generated N1.78 trillion in value-added tax (VAT) revenue during the third quarter (Q3) of 2024, representing a 14.16 percent increase…
- 29 Dec 2024
NBS Votes N35m for Cybersecurity after Cyber Attack
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has allocated N35 million in its 2025 budget for enhancing cybersecurity measures, following a cyber attack on its website on December 18, 2024. Shortly after…
- 16 Sept 2016
Nigeria’s Inflation Rate Hits 17.6 % in August - NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said that Consumer Price Index (CPI) has increased to 17.6 per cent (year-on-year) in August from 17.1 per cent recorded in July. A report released by the…
- 14 Nov 2013
Nigeria’s Inflation Rate Drops By 0.2% – NBS
Nigeria’s inflation rate in October dropped by 0.2 per cent to 7.8 per cent from the 8.0 per cent recorded in September, says the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). This was contained in a…