The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has disclosed Ogun produced the highest tonnes of solid minerals in the country in 2018. The NBS disclosed this in its State Disaggregated Mining and Quarrying Data for 2018 posted on its website. The bureau said the state produced 16.49 million tonnes of solid minerals, representing 30 per cent […] …
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Four states record slow growth in food prices as inflation hits 11.31%
Nigeria’s active mobile subscribers hit 162m in Q4 2018 — NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Nigeria’s active mobile subscribers dropped to 162,032,481 million in the fourth quarter, 2018 from 172,824,239 million…
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1, 538 Nigerians died in road accidents in Q4, 2018 – NBS
NBS: manufacturing generates N864b in VAT
The manufacturing sector contributed about N864 billion of the N3.63 trillion generated as Value Added Tax (VAT) from 2013 to 2018, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported has indicated. The agency, which stated this in its latest report titled: Sectoral Distribution of VAT in Q4, 2018 reported that the sector’s contribution represented 24 per cent […] …
DisCos supply 79,850 meters in 2018 — NOT enough for 4.6m households in need of one
The 11 Nigerian electricity distribution companies (DisCos) supplied 79,850 prepaid meters in 2018, despite a 4.6 million metering gap in the country. This is contained in the recently released 2018 The post DisCos supply 79,850 meters in 2018 — NOT enough for 4.6m households in need of one appeared first on
Nigeria generates N298bn from VAT in Q4, 2018
The National Bureau of Statistics ( NBS ), said Nigeria generated N298.01 billion from Value Added Tax (VAT) in fourth quarter, 2018. NBS said this in a Sectoral Distribution of VAT report for the fourth quarter, 2018 posted on its website. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that VAT is a consumption tax placed on […] …
ATM records N39.15trn transactions in Q4, 2018
The National Bureau of Statistics ( NBS ) said Automated Teller Machine (ATM) from selected banks across the country recorded transactions valued at N39.15 trillion in the fourth quarter of 2018. The bureau stated this in its “Selected Banking Sector Data for Fourth Quarter, 2018”, posted on its website on Wednesday. It said that the […] …
Capital importation declines by 25% in Q4 2018 ― NBS
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Wednesday disclosed that the total value of capital importation into Nigeria stood at $2.140 billion in the fourth quarter of 2018. This represents a decrease of 25.05 per cent compared to Q3 2018 and 60.24 per cent decrease compared to the fourth quarter of 2017. Similarly, the total value […]
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Why NBS economic growth report is wrong, by experts
The report of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) yesterday that the economy recorded 2.4 per cent growth in the fourth quarter of 2018 drew criticism from economic experts.
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