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Is Nigeria’s Inflation Rate The Highest Under Buhari?
Overview: Mr. Festus Kayamo said that Nigeria’s inflation rate under the current administration is not the highest figure when compared to the Obasanjo administration. We looked back at the figures reported to confirm his claim. The spokesperson for the presidential campaign council of the All Progressives Congress standard bearer, Festus Keyamo, has said that the…
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Nigeria’s Household Food Import Rises By 71%
Data from the Q3 2022 Foreign Trade Statistics report by the National Bureau of Statistics has shown that household food and beverage imports rose by 71.12 per cent between the third quarter of 2018 and the corresponding quarter of 2022. This development is coming despite the foreign exchange crisis in the country. The food and…
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Nigeria’s Inflation Hits 21.47% In November
The National Bureau of Statistics has disclosed that Nigeria’s inflation rate rose for the 10th consecutive month to 21.47 per cent in November 2022. This is the highest in 17 years. It was 21.09 per cent in October. In its Consumer Price Index, CPI report for November, NBS, indicated that new pressure on inflation is…
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Nigeria’s Inflation Hit 21.09% In October
According to the National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria’s inflation rate has risen to a new record high of 21.09 per cent in October 2022. The increase is not unconnected to the price of fuel, scarcity of foreign exchange, and disruption in the food supply chain. This is 0.32 per cent higher than the 20.77 per…
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Inflation: Nigeria Has Surpassed 16.0% Rate 25 Times In 88 Months
The National Bureau of Statistics has published that the consumer price index for April 2022 increased to 16.82 percent on a year-on-year basis. The recent figures are 1.3 percent points lower compared to the rate recorded in April 2021 (18.12) percent but 0.9 percent higher than March 2022. According to NBS the headline inflation rate…
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Inflation Pushes 23 million Nigerians Into Food Crisis
About 23 million Nigerians were pushed into a food crisis due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic-induced inflation in 2021. The World bank said this in its latest Commodity Markets Outlook report in reference to the Global Report on Food Crises. According to the Washington-based, rising food prices have heightened food insecurity in emerging…
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Comparing Q1 Inflation Rate Across Five Years
According to the latest figures from the National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria’s Consumer Price Index rose to 15.92 percent in March 2022. This new figure was the highest the country has recorded since November 2021. In the first quarter of the year, Nigeria’s inflation rate grew from 15.60 percent in January to 15.92 recorded in…
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Inflation Hits 15.92% In March 2022
Latest figures from the National Bureau of Statistics showed that Nigeria’s Consumer Price Index rose to 15.92 percent in March 2022. This new rate is the highest the country has recorded since November 2021 with an inflation rate of 15.99 percent. The NBS in its “CPI report for March 2022” revealed that Nigeria’s inflation fell…
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Nigeria’s Inflation Rate Drops To 15.60% In January
The consumer price index, which measures inflation, dropped to 15.60 percent year-on-year in January 2022. This is 0.87 percent points lower than the rate recorded in the corresponding month in 2021 (16.47) percent and 0.03 percent recorded in December 2021. The National Bureau of Statistics which disclosed this in its Consumer Price Index report for…
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Inflation Rate Rises To 15.63% After Eight Month Decline
Nigeria’s inflation rate has risen to 15.36 percent in December 2021, from 15.50 percent recorded in November 2021 after eight months of consistent decline. The Statistician-General of the Federation, Simon Harry, disclosed this during a press briefing at the National Bureau of Statistics, Abuja. Recall that data from the NBS had shown that headline inflation…