•Gwoza victims in hospital At least two more victims of the bomb attacks in Gwoza town in Borno State have lost their lives while receiving treatment at the State Specialist Hospital in Maiduguri. The acting governor of the state, Alhaji Umar Kadafur, made this known in an interview with reporters during a visit to the […]
•Boy treated for Cholera The Lagos State Government says the number of fatalities from the cholera outbreak in the state has risen to 35 following the last update, which reported 401 suspected cases and 15 fatalities. At the last count, the government said Lagos Island, Kosofe, and Eti Osa recorded the highest numbers. But in […]
The average price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, shot up by 223.21 per cent to approximately ₦770 per litre in May 2024 from ₦238.11 per litre recorded in the corresponding period of 2023, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The statistics bureau disclosed this in its report, […]
•A girl and a boy carry a piece of furniture after visiting their house that was destroyed by floods The number of people who have lost their lives in floods in Kenya has risen to 188, the interior ministry said today, as the country continues to battle heavy rains. Many parts of the East […]
•Boat mishap The death toll from the sinking of a makeshift ferry boat off the north coast of Mozambique has risen to 96, local authorities said today. The converted fishing boat, carrying about 130 people, ran into trouble on Sunday as it was trying to reach an island off Nampula province, officials said. “Five more […]
•A Lagos market The inflation rate has moved to 31.70 per cent in February, according to the latest data by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The Bureau released the figure today, with the latest data showing a rise from the 29.90 per cent recorded in January 2024. According to the ‘Consumer Price Index and […]
•Cooking gas cylinders A newly released report by the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said the price of the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) otherwise known as cooking gas increased by 12 per cent from N4,589 in one year. The report titled ‘Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) Price Watch (January 2024)’, said while the price […]...
•Inflation rate Inflation closed 2023 at a 21-year high of 28.92 per cent, the National Bureau of Statistics has disclosed. In December 2023, Nigeria’s headline inflation rate rose to 28.92 per cent from 28.20 per cent in November 2023. This signified a 0.72 percentage point increase when compared to November 2023. According to inflation data ...
•Local rice The increasingly high cost of production, transportation and other factors have caused the price of one kilogramme of local rice to jump by 73.2 per cent in one year, according to findings. This happened despite a multi-billion naira funding support of the Central Bank of Nigeria for the nation’s rice value chain aimed […]...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) today Tuesday, December 26, said that average airfare paid by passengers rose by 61.27% in 12 months. Its report titled: “Transport Fare Watch for November 2023,” which made the disclosure yesterday noted that “On a year-on-year basis, the fare rose by 61.27% from N3,848.48 in November 2022.” The NBS [&h...
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