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- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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:…
- 10 May 2020
NBS Says Nigerians Spent over ₦22 Trillion on Food in 2019
Nigerians spent about ₦22.8 trillion on food in 2019, according to a survey conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). This is about 57 per cent of the total spending (N40.2 trillion) by…
- 29 Jun 2017
Vodacom Advocates for Gender Equality for Women in ICT
Vodacom Business Nigeria in its bid to address the gap between women and men in the ICT sector, where, according to the Nigerian National Bureau of Statistics says that the ratio of Nigerian female…
- 8 Dec 2019
Nigeria Public Servants Pocket N675Bn in Bribes This Year
An estimated N675bn was paid in cash bribes to Nigerian public officials this year, according to a new survey by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and…
- 11 Mar 2026
Nigeria’s Non-Oil Exports Hit N12.36trn in 2025 – NBS
Nigeria’s non-oil exports rose sharply to N12.36 trillion in 2025, up from N9.09 trillion in 2024, according to the National Bureau of Statistics’ Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics report. The…
- 25 May 2024
Nigeria’s GDP Growth Declined By 2.98 Percent In Q1 2024 - NBS
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Friday said Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) declined by 2.98 per cent in the first quarter (Q1) of 2024. In its latest report, the bureau put the…
- 15 Aug 2024
Nigeria’s Inflation Drops First Time in 19 Months
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Nigeria’s inflation rate declined to 33.4 percent in July, below the 34.2 percent reported in June. This is the first decline in 19 months, since December…
- 16 Oct 2023
Foreign Investments into Telecoms Sector Drop by 77 Percent
Foreign investments into telecommunication sector fell by 77.35 per cent year-on-year in the first half of the year, according to data by National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) In the first six months…
- 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…
- 1 Aug 2025
NITDA Champions Digital Identity Drive in Nigeria’s CRVS Reform
In a strategic stakeholder engagement aimed at advancing Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) reform, the Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA)…
- 21 Apr 2023
NBS Reports 13.87% Rise in Voice Subscriptions in Q4 2022
The National Bureau of Statistics said the total number of active voice subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2022 rose to 222,571,568 from the 195,463,898 reported in Q4 2021. This, the bureau said,…
- 18 Sept 2017
FG Inaugurates Committee to Coordinate Statistical Data in Agencies
The Federal Government has inaugurated a Finance Sectoral Consultative Committee for the effective coordination of statistical data in the ministry of finance and its agencies. Dr. Mahmoud Isa-Dutse,…
- 23 Jun 2015
Telecoms Subscriber Base Hits 143m – NBS
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Tuesday put the subscriber base of the mobile telecommunications sector at 143.05 million as of the end of the first quarter of 2015. The bureau, in a report…
- 6 Dec 2024
Nigeria Records ₦5.81 Trillion Trade Surplus in Q3 2024
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reports that Nigeria recorded a trade surplus of ₦5.81 trillion in the third quarter (Q3) of 2024. A trade surplus occurs when a nation's exports exceed its…
- 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…
- 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…
- 17 Dec 2013
54% of Nigerian Youths were Unemployed in 2012 - NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) yesterday said that 54 per cent of Nigerian youths were unemployed in 2012. This was contained in the ‘2012 National Baseline Youth Survey Report’ issued in…
- 17 May 2016
Inflation Hit Near 6 Years High in April
Annual inflation in Nigeria quickened to a near six-year high of 13.7 percent in April, in part due to rising petrol and electricity prices, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Monday,…
- 6 Jul 2025
NBS May Release Rebased Figures for Nigerian Economy July 11
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) may launch its rebased Gross Domestic Product figure on July 11, according to reports by the Nation . In economics, rebasing refers to the process of updating the…
- 30 Apr 2014
Economy Nets N6.48tn Investment in 26 months -NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said the Nigerian economy attracted an investment of $40.503bn (N6.48tn) within a period of 26 months.] The Bureau stated this in its report signed by Dr Yemi…
- 1 Oct 2021
NBS Report Reveals 86% of Youth Businesses Struggling to Access Funds
The National Bureau of Statistics has said that 86.1 per cent of youths lack access to finance their businesses. The bureau in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development…
- 17 Oct 2025
Nigeria’s Inflation Drop: Has Life Become Any Easier?
By Blaise Udunze When the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) yesterday announced that Nigeria’s inflation rate had dropped to 18.02 percent in September 2025, the news was met with official…
- 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…
- 12 Jan 2024
Telecoms Active voice subscribers Grew by 4.51% in Q3 2023
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Thursday, January 11, said Telecoms’ active voice subscribers increased by 4.51% in the third quarter of 2023 (Q3 2023). This was contained in its document…
- 31 May 2022
ICT Firms Pay N29.35Bn as Tax in 3 Months
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has reported that tax from firms in the information and communication sector fell by N21.7bn from N51.05bn in the fourth quarter of 2021 to N29.35bn in the first…
- 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…
- 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…