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Recession may have ended in June, says statistician general

Yemi Kale, statistician general of the federation, says there is a likelihood that Nigeria’s economic recession ended in the second quarter of 2017. In an interview with Bloomberg, Kale made

NBS postpones release of eight reports, blames ‘challenges beyond control’

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says it has postponed the release of eight reports. The Bureau announced this on its official Twitter handle citing challenges beyond its control as

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NBS: 89% of Nigeria’s workforce are without pension accounts

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says 89% of the country’s workforce have retirement savings account. According to the NBS retirement savings account report released by the bureau on Thursday,

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Inflation rate ‘will fall’ for the first time in 15 months

The Economic Intelligence Group forecasts that, for the first time in 15 months, inflation rate (year-on-year) will decline in February 2017 to 18.1% from 18.7% announced in January 2017. The

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