The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said statistics does not translate to reality. Te opposition party said this while reacting to a report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) that the nation has exited the economic recession. NBS had said the Nigerian economy has exited recession, having notched up a growth output of 0.55 per cent... Read More

Ahmed Makarfi, Economic recession, reality, Statistics

August 18, 2017

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Nigerians are pathologically corrupt – Buhari’s aide

Chairman of the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property, Okoi Obono-Obla has said Nigerians are not supporting President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption war. Obono-Obla said this while speaking on Sunrise Daily, Channels Television in Thursday. The Presidential aide was reacting to a report by the National Bureau for Statistics, which states that Nigerians paid... Read More

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June 6, 2017

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Why are Nigerian women hustling more than men?

by Alexander O. Onukwue The data from the National Bureau of Statistics shows that Nigerian women are more unemployed than men, at the ratio of 16.3% and 12.3% respectively. Also, more women are underemployed than men, at the ratio of 24.2% to 17.9% respectively. As noted in the report, this is a continuation of the... Read More

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August 22, 2016

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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 the Nigerian National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), came to an end. And boy will he be missed? https://twitter.com/solomonapenja/status/765122046787452929 You see, Kale was appointed by former President Goodluck Jonathan in August 2011 when he was just... Read More

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July 23, 2016

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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. 39% President Buhari’s job approval rating for June, according to NOI Polls 1,446 The number of pipeline vandalism incidents so far in 2016, according to the NNPC N559 billion The amount shared by the three... Read More

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Buhari, facts, figures, inflation, numbers, Power, Statistics

November 18, 2014

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Our GDP growth slowed down over the third quarter

by Tunji Andrews The National Bureau of Statistics in a report has stated that the economy grew by 6.23% in the third quarter of 2014. The publication which provided data on Quarterly Gross Domestic Product (GDP) estimates for the four quarters of 2013, the annual figure for 2013, and estimate for the first, second and... Read More

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April 7, 2014

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Opinion: Nigeria’s GDP Rebasing and voodoo statistics

by Jibrin Ibrahim The real issue for me however is what does it really mean to say our economy is the largest in Africa. Nigeria remains a very poor country with almost 70% of the population living below the poverty line. No Nigerian city has potable water for up to 30% of inhabitants. South Africa... Read More

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February 3, 2014

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Opinion: 168 million Nigerians are on the infamous sniper list

by Peregrino Brimah Many at the top of this list have died of things you didn’t know could kill, like sorrow and poverty. There has been much ado about the alleged 1000 political opponents sniper list since former president, General Obasanjo made the scary revelation. This leaves 168 million Nigerians on list number 2, after... Read More

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November 24, 2013

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Simon Kolawole: Where exactly is Africa going?

by Simon Kolawole Senator Abdul Ningi recently raised the alarm that N500 billion was missing from the SURE-P funds. Was it mischief? Was it ignorance? With N834 billion having accrued to the programme between January 2012 and September 2013, the chairman of the SURE-P committee, Mr. Christopher Kolade, said he received N300 billion only during... Read More

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February 21, 2013

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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 is even more vital. Nigeria, I fear, is in grave danger of becoming a serious country when it comes to data gathering and reporting. Exhibit A: Dr. Yemi Kale, Nigeria’s Statistician General in charge of... Read More

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Economic recession: Statistics is different from reality – Makarfi

Nigerians are pathologically corrupt – Buhari’s aide

Why are Nigerian women hustling more than men?

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

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

Our GDP growth slowed down over the third quarter

Opinion: Nigeria’s GDP Rebasing and voodoo statistics

Opinion: 168 million Nigerians are on the infamous sniper list

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Simon Kolawole: Where exactly is Africa going?

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