Former Nigerian Statistician General, Yemi Kale, gets new job
Mr Kale will lead the firm’s view on macroeconomics and enhance the breadth of solutions involving economic modelling
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Nigeria’s statistician-general, Simon Harry, is dead
Mr Harry was appointed by President Buhari in August 2021 to succeed Yemi Kale as statistician-general of the federation.
Nigeria’s inflation climbs further, rises above 13.71% in September
The implication of the high inflation rate is that food prices are expected to remain high, as the impact of ...
Why we’ve not published Nigeria’s unemployment figures for two years – NBS
The labour force statistics were last published in the third quarter of 2018.
World Bank, IMF, others ‘publishing inaccurate data about Nigeria’ — Buhari
Mr Buhari addressed the country's historically poor collection of records and statistics needed for national planning.
NBS to publish corruption survey findings in Sept – Official
The survey is the second National Household Survey on Quality and Integrity of Public Services in Nigeria, 2019.
NBS begins survey on number of poor people in Nigeria– Statistician General
The project commences next week, the official says.
Keep NBS from politics, Nigeria’s Statistician-General replies Jonathan’s ex-aide
The NBS refers to Mr Omokri's tweet as fake news.
Why Nigeria is investors’ best destination now — NBS DG
Capital inflows at over 500 per cent higher in Q1 2018 over last year.
It’s Official: Nigeria has no authentic data on petrol consumption
“At the moment we (NBS) do not have any reliable data on fuel consumption yet."
Dubawa: Data, fact-checking antidote to misinformation — Statistician-General
Yemi Kale canvasses facts-based journalism at the launch of Dubawa, a fact-checking initiative of Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism.
PTCIJ launches fact-checking websites, Dubawa, Udeme
Udeme is a platform designed to hold the Nigerian government and lawmakers accountable.
Nigerian govt sets up committee on data harmonisation
The committee would ensure national standards for data collection, evaluation and publication.
Build-up to 2019 elections: NBS pledges to remain professional
“No doubt, 2017 was a remarkable year. A total of 198 reports were released.”
Mixed reactions trail Nigeria’s exit from recession
NBS on September 5 announced that Nigeria had exited economic recession.
Nigerians will feel the exit from recession gradually – NBS
The Bureau had on Monday announced that Nigeria was out of economic recession
How APC, PDP dubiously used official statistics – NBS boss Yemi Kale
The NBS chief also said Nigeria should be out of recession by 2018.
INTERVIEW: Why I’d rather resign than falsify Nigeria’s data for politicians – Statistician-General
Yemi Kale explains why the nation's unemployment figures remain low despite a seemingly different reality.
Yemi Kale gets fresh 5-year term as Nigeria’s Statistician General
He was first appointed in August 2011 for an initial five-year term.
Nigeria adopts new unemployment guideline; may categorise millions ‘employed’ without jobs
A new methodology for computing unemployment rate will see millions of Nigerians categorised as “employed”, for doing jobs that can ...
Nigeria’s GDP grows by 6.5 per cent in second quarter — Govt
Non-oil sector performed poorly compared to the corresponding quarter in 2013
Nigerian Government did not create 1.6 million jobs in 2013 – Statistician General
“But, if one looks at the actual (figure), it was not up to that. It would be only 1.2 or ...