Economy

Reliable statistics viable tool for tackling unemployment, poverty – NBS

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The availability of timely, reliable and politics-free data is the bedrock of development in any nation or society. This was the view of stakeholders at a training organized for enumerators for the conduct of the Nigeria Labour Force Survey held at Ibadan Business School, Bodija. Continue Reading

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Yuletide Celebrations: Akure Traders Bemoan Low Patronage

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Food prices have continued to surge in the last year with the latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, showing that the Composite Food Index rose by 22.72 per cent this year from 15.03 per cent. Now that Yuletide is here, Tosin Aderibigbe in this special report went to do a market survey […]Continue Reading

Energy

Ibadan Residents Lament High Cost Of Cooking Gas

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Some residents of Ibadan have expressed worry over the rising cost of cooking gas.  They voiced their concern in an interview with Radio Nigeria. Three of them, Mr Adunola Ojo, Mrs Martha Olaojesu and Mrs Esther said the rise in the cost of cooking gas was adding to the burden placed on the masses by […]Continue Reading

News Analysis

Tackling The Rising Cost Of Food

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In a recent report by the National Bureau of Statistics on food security and analysis about nine million Nigerians are expected to be in hunger crisis between November and December this year as a result of the high cost of food in the country. Also, Nigeria’s food inflation rose by one hundred and ten percent […]Continue Reading

Economy

NBS Rating: Osun State Residents React

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Residents of Osun State have reacted to the recent economic rating by Nigeria Bureau of Statistics, NBS placing Osun as the third state with the least poverty index in Nigeria. Correspondent Adenitan Akinola engaged a cross section of stakeholders on the ranking in Osogbo, the state capital. His report. Adenitan AkinolaContinue Reading