National Bureau of Statistics – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Tue, 23 Sep 2025 21:14:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png National Bureau of Statistics – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 Oyebanji: Res ipsa loquitur! By Biodun Debanwi https://www.theinfostride.com/oyebanji-res-ipsa-loquitur-by-biodun-debanwi/ https://www.theinfostride.com/oyebanji-res-ipsa-loquitur-by-biodun-debanwi/#respond Tue, 23 Sep 2025 21:14:47 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=467120 On Wednesday, September 10, 2025, Governor Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji (BAO) submitted his Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms for the 2026 Ekiti State governorship election at the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Secretariat in Abuja. This event was far more than a formality; it was a collective endorsement of a leader whose performance has left [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/oyebanji-res-ipsa-loquitur-by-biodun-debanwi/feed/ 0 Over 40 million households practise agriculture – NBS https://www.theinfostride.com/over-40-million-households-practise-agriculture-nbs/ https://www.theinfostride.com/over-40-million-households-practise-agriculture-nbs/#respond Fri, 28 Jun 2024 09:43:00 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=381809 About 40.2 million households in Nigeria practise a form of agriculture or another, amounting to more than 70 per cent of households in the country, the National Bureau of Statistics has revealed. The bureau in its latest report placed Kano State as having the highest demography of agricultural households in Nigeria with 2 million households [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/over-40-million-households-practise-agriculture-nbs/feed/ 0 Mixed reactions as inflation eases to 17.38 per cent in July https://www.theinfostride.com/mixed-reactions-as-inflation-eases-to-17-38-per-cent-in-july/ https://www.theinfostride.com/mixed-reactions-as-inflation-eases-to-17-38-per-cent-in-july/#respond Wed, 18 Aug 2021 19:36:32 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=304212 The headline inflation slowed for the fourth consecutive month in July from a year-on-year (YoY) growth of 17.75 per cent reported in June to 17.38 per cent. This was contained in the consumer price index (CPI) released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) yesterday. The CPI measures the changes in prices of goods and [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/mixed-reactions-as-inflation-eases-to-17-38-per-cent-in-july/feed/ 0 LCCI tasks government on job creation, infrastructure to check irregular migration https://www.theinfostride.com/lcci-tasks-government-on-job-creation-infrastructure-to-check-irregular-migration/ https://www.theinfostride.com/lcci-tasks-government-on-job-creation-infrastructure-to-check-irregular-migration/#respond Tue, 03 Aug 2021 21:28:54 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=302838 With an estimated profit of $150billion yearly from about a 25million people exploited by human traffickers, the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has asked the government to address factors that drive irregular migrants on dangerous journeys through the creation of jobs and infrastructure that support entrepreneurship, adequate security and vocational skill training opportunities. [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/lcci-tasks-government-on-job-creation-infrastructure-to-check-irregular-migration/feed/ 0 Inflation rate in Nigeria slows to 18.12% in April 2021 https://www.theinfostride.com/inflation-rate-in-nigeria-slows-to-18-12-in-april-2021/ https://www.theinfostride.com/inflation-rate-in-nigeria-slows-to-18-12-in-april-2021/#respond Wed, 02 Jun 2021 16:02:47 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=295655 The consumer price index, which measures the rate of change in the price of goods and services, dropped to 18.12 percent in April from 18.17 in March.  The last time it dropped was in 2019 when it slowed from 11.08 percent in July to 11.02 in August. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced this [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/inflation-rate-in-nigeria-slows-to-18-12-in-april-2021/feed/ 0 Inflation Rate Rises By 0.52% https://www.theinfostride.com/inflammation-rate-rises-by-0-59/ https://www.theinfostride.com/inflammation-rate-rises-by-0-59/#respond Mon, 16 Nov 2020 17:11:47 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=274669 The National Bureau of Statistics has today released an update on the inflation rate in the country. The update which was contained in the Consumer Price Index report released today, reveals that the inflation rate has risen by 14%.   According to the report, as at September this year food inflation was at 16.66%, but [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/inflammation-rate-rises-by-0-59/feed/ 0 Edo State APC Battling to Restore Meritocracy https://www.theinfostride.com/edo-state-apc-battling-to-restore-meritocracy/ Thu, 24 Aug 2017 21:21:05 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=179440 The Special Adviser to Edo State Governor Obaseki on Media and Communication Strategy, Crusoe Osagie, said the logic and reason behind the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) criticism of the policies of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State are often disturbingly shallow and many times, absolutely ridiculous. This is especially so because this same [...]

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]]> UNODC Report reveals over N400b Bribes paid to Civil Servants in President Buhari’s First Year https://www.theinfostride.com/unodc-report-reveals-over-n400b-bribes-paid-to-civil-servants-in-president-buharis-first-year/ Sat, 19 Aug 2017 19:01:41 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=178880 It has been revealed that estimated total amount of bribes paid to Public Officials in Nigeria in 12 Months prior to the survey was around 400 billion Naira the equivalent of $4.6 billion in purchasing power parity (PPP). This sum is equivalent to 39 percent of the combined federal and state education budgets in 2016. [...]

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]]> Yemi Osinbajo Orders 24-Hour Operations At Apapa Port https://www.theinfostride.com/yemi-osinbajo-orders-24-hour-operations-at-apapa-port/ Sat, 20 May 2017 03:26:21 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=165592 Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has directed that a 24-hour operation begins at the Apapa port. He also banned touting by officials or unofficial persons at any Nigerian ports – air, land and sea. The directives are contained in the three Executive Orders signed by Osinbajo on Thursday, May 18. The Orders are to tackle the [...]

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