Nigerian states' journey to fiscal sustainability is still far ahead, 2019 Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) Data by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown. According to the IGR report, all the ...
Read moreFor Today’s Numbers to Ponder, Nigeria witnesses 1.87% economic growth, amidst the global pandemic and crude oil price slash. In the same vein, the country's export cashbook recorded N4.75tn as export revenue. ...
Read moreIn the last couple of years, the Nigerian government has described its budget in manners that suggest high aspirations for growth and development. In 2016 for instance, the budget carried a theme ...
Read moreDataphyte launches The Nigeria Security Index Series to provide data, trends and insights on various security challenges in Nigeria. For most of their attacks, Nigeria’s dreaded insurgent group, Boko Haram, deployed explosives, ...
Read moreA recent DATAPHYTE occasional paper revealed that budgetary provision to some of the top five most critical sector’s of Nigeria’s economy accounted for only 17 percent of the initial 2020 budget. While ...
Read moreThe world may witness millions of unintended pregnancies and unsafe abortions this year. This is in relation to the quarantine period, lockdowns, and traffic restrictions imposed by governments due to the COVID-19 ...
Read moreMost of the 36 states in Nigeria are reviewing their 2020 budgets. The review is in response to current economic challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Those that have reviewed cited dwindling ...
Read moreFor Today’s Numbers to Ponder, N4.6 trillion was spent on food consumed outside the home in 2019, representing 20.19% of total food expenditure. DATAPHYTE takes a look at what the NBS figures ...
Read moreFor Today’s Numbers to Ponder, COVID-19 has disrupted the distribution and revenue of newspaper publishers. From a short online poll conducted by DATAPHYTE, out of 778 people, only 45 buy a newspaper ...
Read moreThe Federal Government has announced its decision to downsize the 2020 budget by ₦1.5tn. Yet, there is no public information on the budget items that make up the amount. Though budget cut ...
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