Updates

NSE Continues Remote Trading, Business Activities

May 4, 2020/NSE The Federal Government, as part of its ongoing efforts to reduce the socioeconomic impact of the pandemic in Nigeria, has announced a gradual easing of the initial 28-day lockdown in the Federal Capital Territory, Lagos and Ogun States, effective Monday, 4 May 2020. This directive will entail […]

PMI Reading No 85: Damage From the Lockdown

Culled–Proshare May 4, 2020 By FBNQuest Research                                                                                  Our manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), the first of its kind in Nigeria, slipped from 47.9 to 45.8 in April. Our partner, NOI Polls, has compiled the data. The index is to be found in advanced economies such as the ISM’s […]

Nigeria Reports 40.1% Poverty Rate-NBS

May 4, 2020/NBS Executive Summary The Nigerian Living Standards Survey (NLSS) is the official survey that is the basis for measuring poverty and living standards. Between September of 2018 and October of 2019, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) conducted the latest round of the NLSS after a decade. It is […]