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Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 7)
According to a report from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the cost of main petroleum products like kerosene, diesel, and Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) all increased in general in…
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Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 6)
According to direct communication data in February 2023 from the oil market report produced by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in January 2023, Nigeria’s crude oil production increased…
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Nigeria Economic Update(Issue 5)
There was a general increase in transport fares across different modes of transportation in the country in December 2022. The report on transport fares released by the National Bureau of…
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NIGERIA: THE RESOURCE CONUNDRUM
This paper examines in great detail the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war on the Nigerian economy for the purpose of informing experts and non-experts alongside providing recommendations to the government.…
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Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 4)
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), has in its January World Economic Outlook improved its projection for Nigeria’s 2023 economic growth rate to 3.2 per cent, representing 0.2 percentage points increase…
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Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 3)
On Thursday, January 26th, 2023, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) officially unveiled its national domestic card scheme in a session co-hosted by the Nigerian Inter-Bank Settlement System (NBSS). The domestic card…
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Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 2)
According to data from the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS), cashless transactions in Nigeria increased by 42.05 percent to reach N395.47 trillion in 2022. The data revealed that Nigerians spent more through…
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Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 1)
According to the World Bank’s latest Nigeria Development Update published in December 2022, with the title “Nigeria’s Choice”, the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow by 2.9…
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Socioeconomic costs of tobacco use and caregivers burden: implications for comprehensive tobacco control
Tobacco use kills primary and secondary smokers. While 7 million primary smokers die annually from tobacco use, more than 1.2 million non-smokers also die annually from being exposed to second-hand…
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Cryptocurrency spectrum and 2020 pandemic: Contagion analysis
While several studies evaluate the impacts of the novel coronavirus pandemic on different markets, it is worth the while to also examine its contagion (fractal) effect on the top (based…
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Attaining Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): New Evidence on Foreign aid and the “Bundling” of Domestic Revenue Mobilization in Sub-Saharan Africa
With the global sustainable development goals, it has become imperative for developing countries, especially sub-Saharan African countries, to think inward on ways to increase domestically mobilized revenue. The recovery of…
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Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 50)
Data from the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement Systems (NIBSS) shows that transactions performed electronically through the NIBSS Instant Payment platform (NIP) in Nigeria grew to N38.9 trillion in November 2022, which…
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Agricultural Development Financing and Food Inflation in Nigeria: What the Government may need to do differently
Over the years, the Nigerian government has deployed development financing initiatives to boost food production through increased access to finance for farmers and other small businesses in the sector. While…
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Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 49)
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced a new policy on cash withdrawals on 6th December 2022.2 According to the policy, the maximum weekly withdrawal over the counter is set…
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Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 48)
According to the Food Prices Watch by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the average price of some selected food items in the country rose in October 2022.1 The report…
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Employment Creation Potential of Industries Without Smokestacks: A Nigeria Case Study
This report examines the potential for industries without smokestacks (IWOSS) in creating large-scale job opportunities in Nigeria, particularly for the young and female population subgroups. With the emergence of technology…
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