Tag: inflation

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Joshua OnonoseMay 13, 2023

Overcoming Inflation’s Assault on Delayed Gratification

Inflation is the nemesis of delayed gratification. It’s a phrase that holds true in many contexts, but perhaps nowhere is ...

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YNaijaMarch 16, 2023

IPOB Ranks as the 10th Deadliest Group Worldwide; Amaechi to Rivers People: You’re our Problem Not Wike | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, these are the five top Nigerian news stories you shouldn’t miss: IPOB Ranks as ...

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YNaijaFebruary 15, 2023

Nigeria’s inflation hits 21.82 percent despite naira redesign

The consumer price index (CPI), which measures the rate of change in prices of goods and services, surged to 21.82 ...

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YNaijaJanuary 23, 2023

You have what it takes to run Nigeria—Emir of Dutse tells Tinubu; North must return Tinubu’s support—Shettima | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, these are the five top Nigerian news stories you shouldn’t miss: You ...

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YNaijaAugust 30, 2022

How SMEs Can Manage Cost to Cope with High Inflation – Ayo Akinola

According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Inflation Report for July, the annual inflation rate has risen to 19.6% ...

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Joshua OnonoseAugust 16, 2022

Army thwarts ISWAP ambush, kills IEDs specialist, 3 others in Borno; Termites ‘eat up’ NSITF documents containing expenditures worth N17bn | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Army thwarts ISWAP ambush, kills IEDs specialist, 3 others in Borno Termites ‘eat up’ NSITF documents containing expenditures worth N17bn ...

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Joshua OnonoseAugust 15, 2022

Nigeria’s Inflation Rate Surges To 19.64%

Nigeria’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), which gauges how much prices have changed for goods and services, increased from the previous ...

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Omoleye OmoruyiJanuary 18, 2022

Shettima explains why Tinubu deserves APC presidential ticket | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, these are the five top news stories you shouldn’t miss: PDP ...

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Uroupa KiakubuDecember 23, 2020

Here’s what reopening of the borders mean for Nigeria

In August 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the closure of Nigeria’s land borders with the neighbouring Benin Republic, to check the indiscriminate ...

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Omoleye OmoruyiOctober 17, 2017

Inflation drops for 8th consecutive time, food prices rise – NBS report

Recent data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Tuesday, shows that Nigeria’s inflation rate dropped to 15.98% from ...

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Omoleye OmoruyiSeptember 15, 2017

Inflation rate drops from 18.72% to 16.01%

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has released a data analysis for inflation which shows that inflation has dropped for ...

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EzinneSeptember 5, 2017

The Thread: Nigeria is officially out of recession. Here are the stats to prove it

It has been announced that Nigeria is technically out of recession. But as the reactions to the numbers below show, ...

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ToluSeptember 2, 2017

N136.5m spent on Hajj; 110,000 displaced in Benue | The 5 numbers that mattered this week

12.1 million – The numbers of viewers who tuned in to watch the final episode of the seventh season of ...

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Op-ed EditorSeptember 1, 2017

Opinion: Reforming PENCOM through smart leadership

by  Lanre Ogundimu The drive to sanitize Nigeria’s pension sector will appear to be an unending venture. In fact, it ...

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AzeezMay 16, 2017

Inflation rate drops for third consecutive month

by Azeez Adeniyi The National Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday said inflation dropped from 17.26 per cent in March to ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaApril 29, 2017

Nigeria moving out of recession – Lai Mohammed

by Dolapo Adelana Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the country was gradually moving out of ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaMarch 21, 2017

BREAKING: CBN sustains interest rate at 14 per cent

by Dolapo Adelana The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday sustained interest rate at 14 ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaMarch 14, 2017

BREAKING: Inflation rate drops for the first time in 15 months

by Dolapo Adelana The rate of inflation in the country has dropped for the first time in 15 months. This ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaJanuary 26, 2017

Nigeria’s monetary policy unbearable – Tinubu

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has faulted the monetary policies of the Federal ...

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AzeezJanuary 17, 2017

Reps question Adeosun, Udoma on exchange rate, inflation

Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun and the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udo Udoma were on Monday grilled ...

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Op-ed EditorSeptember 28, 2016

Moses Ochonu: Why can’t we acknowledge the truth of Buhari’s incompetence?

First, they said it was too early to criticize PMB for non-performance. Why not wait a year before criticizing, they ...

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Isime EseneSeptember 17, 2016

4,285 megawatts; 0.5 per cent… | The 5 numbers that mattered this week

4,285 megawatts – The amount electricity companies currently generate according to the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). $15 million – ...

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Mazi EmekaSeptember 16, 2016

#30Days30Voices: ‘For days now, the economic situation has worsened’

In recent months several financial institutions have been in the news for either laying off workers or having financial difficulties. ...

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Mazi EmekaSeptember 13, 2016

Opinion: Can Nigeria actually spend her way out of this recession?

by Olamide Eyinla It is no longer news that Nigeria’s economy has slid into a recession. By definition, recession is a ...

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AzeezSeptember 10, 2016

Nigeria to get loans from the World Bank, China

Barely a week after the Nigerian economy officially entered into a recession, the Presidency has announced that it would receive ...

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AzeezAugust 31, 2016

Buhari is completely destroying Nigeria – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday said President Muhammadu Buhari is “completely destroying the country.” In a statement released by ...

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Mazi EmekaAugust 22, 2016

Yemi Kale may be leaving the NBS – these are the 5 ways he transformed the place

On 16 August, the five-year tenure of Yemi Kale, the Statistician General of the Federation and chief executive officer of ...

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Isime EseneAugust 19, 2016

The PDP has found Buhari’s sore point and they are hitting it hard

by Isime Esene Fifteen months after taking serious verbal attacks from the Peoples Democratic Party over the perfromance of the ...

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AzeezAugust 19, 2016

PDP wants John Oyegun and his party members to know this… (READ)

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday responded to comments made by the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress ...

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AzeezAugust 18, 2016

Monetary policies alone won’t stimulate economic growth – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has said monetary policy instruments alone cannot stimulate economic growth judging from the plethora of economic challenges ...

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