The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, yesterday said average price paid by consumers for Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, popularly known as petrol, fell by 1.5 percent year-on-year, YoY, and 1.4 percent month-on-month, MoM, to N148.1 in June 2018.

Nigeria Bureau of Statistics, NBS, Monday said that the country’s economic growth slowed to 1.95 percent in first quarter of 2018, Q1’18, from 2.11 percent in fourth quarter of 2017, Q4’17.

The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS says the sum of N269.79billion was generated as Value Added Tax, VAT in the Q1 2018, as against N254.10bn generated in Q4 2017 and N221.38bn in Q1 2017.

The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS says Nigerian economy saw a continuous growth in total Capital Importation into Nigeria in the first quarter of 2018, the fourth consecutive quarterly increase since Q2 2017.

Bank’s credit to the private sector fell quarter-on-quarter (q/q) by N140 billion to N15.6 trillion in the first quarter of 2018 (Q1’18).

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) from selected Banks across the country, recorded transactions valued at N1.568 billion in first quarter.

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), yesterday, said the average prices paid by consumers for Premium Motor Spirit (petrol), Kerosene, Liquefied petroleum gas (cooking gas) and Automotive Gas Oil (Diesel) dropped in March by 5.3 percent to N163.4 from N172.5 in February 2018 while price for Kerosene decreased by 6.79 percent to N269 in March from N288.57 in February 2018.

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says the total Internationally Generated Revenue (IGR) generated at the state level was N931.23bn in 2017 fiscal year.

Nigeria’s Inflation rate as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) has further dropped from 15.13 in January to 14.33 per cent in February.

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says 3.6 million air passengers traveled to or from Nigerian airports in the fourth quarter of 2017.