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The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said that the FCT and Lagos State reported a total of 58,566 crime cases in 2016. The NBS stated this in a Crime Statistics: Reported by Type and State in 2016 and posted on the bureau’s website on Tuesday in Abuja. According to the bureau, the FCT and Lagos State reported highest crime cases …

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The National Bureau of Statistics has said that the number of Nigerians who became unemployed rose by 2.1 million to 11.55 million at the end of 2016 from 9.48 million at the beginning of the year. The NBS stated this in its unemployment report, which was released on Monday night. The NBS report stated that the unemployment rate was highest …

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The National Bureau of Statistics has said that the number of  Nigerians that are unemployed rose from 11.19  million as at the end of the third quarter of 2016 to 11.55  million in the fourth quarter of 2016. The NBS stated this in its unemployment report which was released on Monday night. The report explained that during the period, the …

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The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Nigeria’s foreign debt stood at $11.41 billion while the domestic debts was N14.02 trillion in 2016. The NBS stated in “Nigerian Domestic and Foreign Debt – 2016’’ data posted on its website on Wednesday in Abuja, that the sum reflected states’ and federal debt stock. The report showed that $7.99 billion of the …

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The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) yesterday released the Q1 2017 ‘Road Transport Data’ report which reflected that a total of 2,556 road crashes occurred in the country during the first quarter of this year out of which 8,672 Nigerians got injured while 1,466 died. A review of the report shows that 8,151 of the 8,672 Nigerians that got injured, …

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The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has disclosed that Nigeria’s airports recorded an increase of 2.3 per cent in domestic passengers in 2015 and 2016. The NBS made this figure known in its Fourth Quarter 2016 and Full Year 2016 Air Transportation Data released in Abuja. The report, however, stated that the first and second halves of the year differed …

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The National Bureau of Statistics says the Consumer Price Index, which measures inflation, increased by 18.72 per cent (year-on-year) in January from 18.55 per cent recorded in December, 2016. The CPI, which measures the average change over time in prices of goods and services consumed by people for day to-day living, is 0.17 per cent points higher from the points …

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A total of N317.79 billion has been internally generated in revenues (IGR) by twenty-nine states of the federation from January to June 2016, the National Bureau Statistics (NBS) stated on Wednesday. Lagos State recorded the highest IGR of N150.59 billion within the first half of the year under review, Ogun State was second with N28.15 billion while Nasarrawa State generated …

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1.7 million Nigerians became jobless in nine months —NBS The harsh economic situation in the country has thrown 1.7 million Nigerians into the job market in nine months, a report from the National Bureau of Statistics has indicated. Specifically, the report showed that the number of unemployed Nigerians rose from 9.48 million at the beginning of the year to 11.19 …

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Electricity, housing prices push inflation rate to 18.3% – NBS  The National Bureau of Statistics has said that the Consumer Price Index which measures inflation rate has increased from 17.9 per cent in September to 18.3 per cent in October. The bureau in a report on Monday, attributed the increase in inflation rate to pressures recorded in some sub-index such …

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