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Business Inflation Top Story

Significant price escalation witnessed across fuel types in October 2023, reports NBS

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has released its comprehensive reports on fuel prices, revealing an alarming surge in October 2023 compared to previous years. The average retail price of petrol experienced a substantial upswing from N195.29 in October 2022 to a staggering N630.63 in the same month of 2023, marking a significant 222.92 per Read More…

COVID19 Health Metro Top Story

Nigeria records 1,664 new COVID-19 cases, highest daily infections, says NCDC

Lagos still surges at 642 Nigeria recorded 1,664 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total infections to 94,369. the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Wednesday. The daily increase was a new record  and considerably higher than Tuesday’s 1,354 confirmed cases. It said that Read More…

COVID19 Health Metro Top Story

It’s a surge as Lagos records highest single day COVID-19 incidence of 654

…records over 20 deaths in one week Lagos has recorded yet its highest single day incidence of COVID-19 infections of 654. According to the latest report from the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on the same day, there were 1204 new confirmed cases across Nigeria while seven deaths were recorded. Warning earlier about the Read More…