The national average Healthy Diet (CoHD) cost was N1,265 per adult per day in July 2024, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said. In its “Cost of a Healthy Diet July 2024” report published on Friday, the statistics office said this is 1.9 per cent higher than the amount recorded in the previous month (June … Read more
Borno South senator Ali Ndume has criticised the new N70,000 minimum wage approved by President Bola Tinubu for Nigerian workers. Mr Ndume, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the president, said the approved minimum wage cannot sustain a household because it can only buy 50kg of rice. The senator stated this in … Read more
Four out of every ten children in Nigeria are trapped in child labour, a Nigeria Child Labour survey conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed. The report, ‘Nigeria Child Labour Survey 2022,’ was launched in Abuja on Thursday. Specifically, the survey established that 39.2 per cent of Nigerian children across all age … Read more
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the average price of 5kg of cooking gas increased from N5,139.25 recorded in January 2023 to N6,154.50 in February 2024. NBS disclosed this in its “Cooking Gas Price Watch’’ for February 2024 released on Saturday in Abuja. The report said the February price represented a 19.75 per cent … Read more
In recent years, the prices of major staple foods in Nigeria have risen significantly. The situation became more complex after President Bola Tinubu announced the end of fuel subsidy payments during his inauguration as president on 29 May 2023. The upward trend in the prices of these staples as well as other products has weakened … Read more
The Nagaland Higher Secondary School Leaving Certificate (HSSLC) or Class 12 board examinations 2024 began today. The examination started at 9 AM across 68 examination centres with English and concluded at 12 PM. Nagaland (HSSLC) examinations 2024 began today across 68 exam centres. (Representative Image) The HSSLC examination, scheduled to be held till March 6, … Read more
Nigeria’s naira ranked third among the world’s worst performing currencies this year, a Bloomberg report said. Of the 151 currencies tracked by Bloomberg this year, naira was the world’s worst performer after the Lebanese pound and the Argentine peso, after closing at N1,043 per $1 on Thursday — about 72 hours to the end of … Read more
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) says there is a high level of corruption across various sectors in the three arms of government and private sector. The Provost of the Anti-Corruption Academy of Nigeria, Tunde Babawale, a professor, said this at the validation meeting of the Nigeria Corruption Index (NCI) Survey … Read more
