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Breaking: Nigeria’s inflation drops to 15.15% in December 2025 after CPI recalibration

Daily Dispatch January 15, 2026

Nigeria’s inflation rate declined to 15.15 per cent in December 2025, marking a significant drop following the recent normalization of the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The new figure reflects the impact of the rebasing and recalibration of the CPI methodology by the National Bureau of Statistics

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Nigeria beats inflation target as price pressures ease for eighth straight month

Daily Dispatch December 15, 2025

Nigeria’s inflation outlook continues to improve, with the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reporting a further decline in headline inflation to 14.45 percent in November 2025, reinforcing growing macroeconomic stability. The latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report released on Monday confirms that inflation has now fallen for eight consecutive months, pushing the rate

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Cost of Living Increases at Slower Pace as Inflation Drops 20.12%

Daily Dispatch September 15, 2025

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has reported a decline in Nigeria’s inflation rate, which fell to 20.12% in August 2025, marking a 1.76 percentage point drop from the 21.88% recorded in July. According to a report released on Monday, food inflation also declined significantly, dropping to 1.65% month-on-month in August, compared to 3.12% in […]

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31 States Cannot Attract Foreign Capital Inflow, But Spend Funds Recklessly – NBS Report

Daily Dispatch August 9, 2025

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), in its Capital Importation report for Q1, 2025 has revealed that 31 states of Nigeria failed to attract any form of foreign capital Inflow during the period under review.This was despite collectively spending billions of naira in public funds on local and foreign trips purportedly aimed at driving investment.The […]

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Nigeria records N710bn VAT in Q1 2023 –NBS

Daily Dispatch June 14, 2023

The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, has said the aggregate Value Added Tax, VAT, stood at N709.59 billion in Q1 2023. This is according to the VAT Q1 2023 Report released in Abuja on Tuesday. The report shows a growth rate of 1.75 per cent on a quarter-on-quarter basis from N697.38 billion in Q4 2022. […]

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Telecom sector contributes N2.508 trillion to Nigeria’s GDP -NBS

Daily Dispatch June 9, 2023

The telecommunications and information services sector in Nigeria has, in the first quarter of 2023, delivered a handsome N2.508 trillion in terms of financial value contribution to the nation’s gross domestic product, GDP, representing 14.13 per cent. Figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, showed that the sector recorded a 4.3 per cent