Tag: inflation

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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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Oludolapo AdelanaAugust 10, 2016

El-Rufai blasts CBN’s monetary policies

Governor of Kaduna state, Nasir el-Rufai, on Wednesday said the Central Bank of Nigeria is making life difficult for Nigerians with its ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoAugust 4, 2016

Manasseh Egedegbe: Olajumoke explains what inflation is about

I met Olajumoke three years ago. She sold bread for a living in Lagos. We got talking about bread. She ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoJuly 31, 2016

213bn,12,915… | The 5 numbers that mattered this week

12, 915 The number of ghost workers discovered on the payrolls of 23 local governments in Sokoto N218.7 million The ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoJuly 23, 2016

16.5%, $2.5bn… | The 5 numbers that mattered this week

16.5% The inflation rate for June, and the highest for 11 years, as reported by the National Bureau of Statistics. ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaJuly 19, 2016

Inflation hits 16.5%, highest in 11 years

Nigeria’s inflation rate has increased to 16.5% in June, the highest in almost 11 years. This increase is presently making ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoJuly 12, 2016

IMF predicts inflation surge for Nigeria

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has admitted that the Nigerian economy will perform below the initial expectation of the IMF ...

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Op-Ed EditorJune 22, 2016

Oluwatosin Olaseinde: You are fired! – Nigerian banking sector (Y! Naira&Kobo)

The economy has been contracting and is on its way to an inevitable recession in the 2nd Quarter GDP. Although ...

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Isime EseneJune 13, 2016

Kalu Aja: How to keep investing in the time of inflation (Naira&Kobo)

by Kalu Aja So last week we saw the positive effects of having a financial plan and starting to invest ...

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Mazi EmekaMay 30, 2016

3 things we learned from Tinubu’s Democracy Day statement

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Governor of Lagos state, Bola Tinubu, on Sunday, released ...

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Mazi EmekaMay 17, 2016

Inflation for ‘dummies’: This is everything you need to know

The Nigerian Bureau of Statistics released its consumer price index (CPI) report for the month of April and its contents ...

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Mazi EmekaMay 17, 2016

Increase in cost of food caused by rise in inflation (READ)

Nigerians are in for a bumpy ride as the country’s inflation rate rose up to 13.7 percent in the month ...

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Kolapo OlapojuFebruary 9, 2016

Directors, Permanent Secretaries in worry-mode over probe of inflated 2016 budget

Directors and permanent secretaries in ministries, departments and agencies of government are said to be jittery over the Presidency’s claims ...

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YEditorDecember 15, 2014

“Even though the Naira was devalued, inflation eased” – NBS

by Tunji Andrews In November 2014, the pace of price increases observed by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) which measures ...

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YEditorDecember 11, 2014

Wahala dey! Nigeria’s FX reserves down 19.5% to $35.8bn

by Tunji Andrews Indications of the official website of the Central Bank of Nigeria, has indicated that the country’s external ...

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YEditorNovember 10, 2014

Inflation down for a second straight month

by Tunji Andrews In October 2014, the pace of price increases observed by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) which measures ...

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Emmanuel ChidiogoSeptember 15, 2014

Sound the alarm! Inflation rose by 8.3% in August

by Tunji Andrews In August 2014, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) which measures inflation recorded an uptick from the previous ...

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YEditorAugust 19, 2014

Analysis: Really, is there anything the CBN can do to stop the current inflation? [HINT – NO]

by Tunji Andrews July’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, which posted an 8.3% rise (YoY) in inflation in Nigeria, happens ...

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Kolapo OlapojuAugust 18, 2014

Cheta Nwanze and Tunji Andrews on #DailyNewsVlog: Ebola, Cameroon’s border & Inflation (WATCH)

Hello folks, it’s Cheta Nwanze and Tunji Andrews talking about Cameroon’s closure of its border because of Ebola and inflation. ...

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YEditorAugust 18, 2014

The naira in your pocket is getting smaller according to the Statistics Bureau

by Tunji Andrews In July 2014, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) which measures inflation, edged higher from the previous month. ...

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January 8, 2014

Reno Omokri: The APC should stick to issues, not insults

by Reno Omokri The other day, their propaganda machines and media outlets carried the lie that the President went to ...

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August 17, 2013

Opinion: Is the Nigerian economy deadlocked?

by Salim Salihu Muhammed No doubt, Nigeria is making progress in industrial growth, the absence of infrastructure to complement the ...

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February 21, 2013

Feyi Fawehinmi: 9 per cent inflation and bikini statistics

by Feyi Fawehinmi They say statistics are like a bikini, what they reveal is very suggestive but what they conceal ...

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January 27, 2013

Simon Kolawole: Corruption and the Nigerian Project

by Simon Kolawole Why are government officials corrupt? There are broadly two motivating factors: poverty and greed. There are those ...

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October 17, 2012

TICKER: Nigeria inflation falls for third straight month

Nigeria’s consumer inflation fell for the third straight month in September, mainly due to a drop in the underlying “core” ...

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October 2, 2012

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: I do not believe Nigeria will get better (YNaija Frontpage)

Last weekend was my first independence day as an unbeliever. Admitted, its 52nd anniversary is probably the worst time to ...

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