A Statistician, Dr. Olatunji Arowolo, has attributed the increase in April Consumer Price Index to Ramadan.
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The National Bureau of Statistics said the Consumer Price Index, which measures inflation, increased by 11.37 per cent (year-on-year) in April 2019.
The National Bureau of Statistics said the Internally Generated Revenue of 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory for fourth quarter 2018 was N324.59 billion compared to N264.34 billion recorded in third quarter of the same year.
The National Bureau of Statistics said Akwa Ibom reported the highest unemployment rate of 37.7 per cent in third quarter 2018.
The National Bureau of Statistics says no fewer than 9,824 arrests were made for drug-related offences at various ports and border posts across the country in 2018.
The Federation Account Allocation Committee has disbursed N1.92 trillion to three tiers of government in first quarter of 2019, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.
The National Bureau of Statistics said average price of one kilogramme (kg) of rice (imported high quality sold loose) decreased month-on-month in March.
The National Bureau of Statistics said residents of Taraba paid the highest average price for purchase of Premium Motor Spirit popularly known as petrol in March.
The National Bureau of Statistics said the country’s inflation measured by Consumer Price Index in March was 0.06 per cent points lower than the rate recorded in February.
The National Bureau of Statistics said Nigeria’s foreign debt stood at 25.27 billion US dollars as at 31st December, 2018.
The National Bureau of Statistics says the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board recorded a 4.01 per cent drop in the applications received in 2018.
The National Bureau of Statistics on Friday said that 5.32 billion litres of petrol were imported into the country in the fourth quarter of 2018.
The National Bureau of Statistics said the number of registered workers under the pension scheme in the fourth quarter, 2018 hit 8,410,184 compared to 8,136,202 registered workers in the second quarter, 2018.
The National Bureau of Statistics said Nigeria’s active mobile subscribers increased to 172,824,239 million in the fourth quarter, 2018 from 162,032,481 million and 162,522,772 million recorded in the third and second quarter, 2018, respectively.
The National Bureau of Statistics said residents of Bauchi paid the lowest bus fare within the city in January.
Nigeria’s headline inflation rate measured by the Consumer Price Index was down by 0.07 per cent in January, 2018, the National Bureau of Statistics announced in its CPI.
Nigeria’s Inflation rate dropped to 11.37 per cent in January from 11.44 per cent in December.
The National Bureau of Statistics said the total value of capital importation into Nigeria stood at 16.81 billion dollars in 2018 compared to 12.22 billion dollars capital imported in 2017.
The National Bureau of Statistics said the agriculture sector of the economy measured bybGross Domestic Product grew by 18.58 per cent year-on-year in nominal terms in fourth quarter of 2018.
The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, has expressed delight over the fourth quarter, 2018 Gross Domestic Product released on Tuesday by the National Bureau of Statistics.