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Nigeria’s Inflation Hits 21.47% in November, Highest in 17 Years – NBS

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By Tony Obiechina, Abuja

Nigeria’s inflation for November 2022 rose to 21.47 percent from 21.09 percent recorded in October, by 1.39 percent. This is the highest peak in the past 17 years.

This is contained in the Consumer price index (CPI) report released by the Statistician-General of the Federation/Chief Executive Officer of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Prince Semiu Adeyemi Adeniran.

According to the report, this was 6.

07% points higher compared to the rate recorded in November 2021, which was (15.40%). This shows that the headline inflation rate increased in November 2022 when compared to the same month in the preceding year (i.e., November 2021) by 6.
07%.

“The increase in the general price level in the annual inflation rate (Year-on-Year) can be attributed to an increase in the cost of importation due to the continual currency depreciation and a General increase in the cost of production due to a surge in energy cost.

“While on a month-on-month basis, the Headline inflation rate in November 2022 was 1.39%, which was 0.15% higher than the rate recorded in October 2022 (1.24%). The increase in the monthly inflation rate (month-on-month basis) is attributed to higher demand, usually experience during the festive season.

“The percentage change in the average CPI for the twelve months ending November 2022 over the average of the CPI for the previous twelve months period was 18.37%, showing a 1.39% increase compared to the 16.98% recorded in November 2021.

“The components that made up the food sub-index in November 2022 was 24.13% on a year-on-year basis; which was 6.92% higher compared to the rate recorded in November 2021 (17.21%).

“The rise in the food sub-index was caused by the increases in prices of Bread and cereals, Oil and fat, Potatoes, yam and other tubers, Food products n.e.c, and fish.

Whereas the month-on-month food inflation rate in November was 1.40%, this was 0.17% higher compared to the rate recorded in October 2022 (1.23%).

“The increase was attributed to an increase in prices of some food items like Oil and fat, Fruits, Fish and Tubers. The average annual rate of food inflation for the twelve-month ending November 2022 was 20.41%. This is 0.21% points decline from the annual rate of change recorded in November 2021 (20.62%)”, the report stated.

“The Core Inflation rate, that is all-items index less farm produce, which excludes the prices of volatile agricultural produce stood at 18.24% in November 2022 on a year-on-year basis; showing a rise of 4.39% when compared to 13.85% recorded in November 2021.

“On a month-on-month basis, the core inflation rate was 1.67% in November 2022, while the rate was 0.93% in October 2022. This shows a rise of 0.74%. The highest increases were recorded in prices of Gas, Liquid fuel, Passenger transport by Air, vehicle spare parts, and Solid fuel.

“The percentage change in the average CPI for the twelve months ending November 2022 was 15.69%, which was 2.73% points higher than the previous twelve months period which recorded 12.96% in November 2021.The urban consumers’ inflation rate for November 2022 on a year-on-year basis stood at 22.09%. This was 6.17% higher compared to the 15.92% recorded in November 2021,” the CPI report further stated.

The Report also noted that while on a month-on-month basis, the urban inflation rate was 1.50% in November 2022, adding that this was 0.16% higher compared to October (1.33%), even as the corresponding twelve-month average for the urban inflation rate was 18.90% in November. This was 1.35% higher compared to the 17.55% reported in November 2021.

“The inflation rate for rural consumers in November 2022 was 20.88% on a year-on-year basis; this was 5.99% higher compared to 14.89% recorded in November 2021. On a month-on-month basis, the rural inflation rate in November 2022 was 1.30%, indicating a rise of 0.14% compared to October 2022 (1.16%).

While the corresponding twelve-month average for the rural inflation rate in November 2022 was 17.88%. This was 1.46% higher compared to the 16.42% recorded in November 2021. In comparing the states’ profiles, all-item inflation rates for November 2022 on a year-on-year basis were highest in Ebonyi (26.11%), Kogi (25.84%), Rivers (24.45%), while Kaduna (18.87%), Sokoto (19.02%) and Cross river (19.17%) recorded the slowest rise in inflation.

“On a month-on-month basis, however, November 2022 recorded the highest increases in Ebonyi (3.16%), Niger (2.70%), Plateau (2.44%), while Ogun (-0.17%), Abuja (-0.12%) and Sokoto (0.25%) recorded the slowest rise on month-on-month inflation,” the CPI Report added.

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UBA Raises N157bn Via Rights Issue to Boost Capital Base

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United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) has announced plans to raise N157 billion through a rights issue.The disclosure was made via a notice to the Nigerian Exchange Ltd (NGX).It said in a statement on Thursday that its stock brokers, United Capital Securities Ltd., had submitted an application to the Nigerian Exchange Ltd.

to that effect.
It added its stock brokers had requested for approval and listing of a Rights Issue of 3,156,869,665 ordinary shares of 50 Kobo each at N50.
00 per share“Trading License Holders are hereby notified that United Bank for Africa Plc, through its Stockbrokers, United Capital Securities Ltd., has submitted an application to the Nigerian Exchange Ltd.” in that regard.
“The rights issue will be on the basis of one new ordinary share for every 13 ordinary shares held as of the close of business on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.“The qualification date for the Rights Issue is July 16, 2025,” the bank noted.The move is part of UBA’s strategy to strengthen its capital base and support its expansion and growth objectives across Africa.(NAN)

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Benue Uncovers Over 4000 Substandard Schools

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From Attah Ede, Makurdi

Over 4000 substandard and illegal schools have been uncovered and ready to be shut down across the state.The chief press secretary to the Benue State Governor, Tersoo Kula disclosed this at a press conference in Makurdi.Kula was reacting to a statement credited to former commissioner for education and knowledge management, Prof.

Dennis Ityavyar, said that Governor Alia has stabilised the educational sector since coming on board two years ago.
”No more strikes. Schools are moving on smoothly and in a bid to bring teaching and learning closer to the people and address the problem of younger school leavers in securing admission into tertiary institutions, the governor has established a new university.
”The establishment of University of Agriculture Science and Technology Ihugh, Vandeikyaa LGA is real..The governor has secured the licence, acquired land and made appointments of principal officers.”This is to address the issue of providing admission for the teeming Benue indigenes seeking admission into Nigerian universities.”The Governor has employed over 9700 teachers to energize public primary schools in the state. Apart from the fact that our primary schools would be energized, 9700 youths have been taken off the streets.”The government of governor Alia has also paid the 38 months earned allowance owed to lecturers at the Moses Adasu University, formerly Benue State University Makurdi”, he said.He maintained that renovation of government secondary schools and colleges across the state are ongoing where ongoing construction of new structures is in some public primary and secondary schools to ensure conducive learning environment.”Public primary schools teachers are trained on ITCs to enhance the teaching and learning of information and technology innovations at elementary level.”This government has been able to identify over 4000 substandard schools in the state and have secured insurance cover for Benue State students and paid bursary allowances in law school students in the state”, Kula stated.Benue Moves to Domesticate National Policy on IDPsThe Benue State Government has commenced a validation process to domesticate the newly federal government policy on Internally Displaced Persons (PDP) in the State.Commissioner for Humanitarian and Disaster Management in the State, Aondowase Kunde, stated that upon stakeholders’ inputs into the Internally Displaced Persons policy document, it would be fully launched.He added that the aim is to improve the welfare of the displaced population in the state.Kunde stated this during a two policy validation meeting held at Benue Hotels Makurdi yesterday.He maintained that the document which was passed into law by the national assembly needed to be domesticated in the state in line with the peculiarities of the state.In his remarks, the chairman, House Committee on Humanitarian and Disaster Management, Benue State House of assembly, James Abu Umoro, noted that the state has suffered so many natural and man-made disasters that it requires the policy to be domesticated in the state.Umoru insisted that the house will not hesitate to pass the document into law when presented by the executive arm of government.He said the issue of IDP in the state is a concern for everyone and must be given accelerated consideration at any point in time.On his part, House committee chairman on SDG and Donor Agencies, Peter Uche, noted that in most cases, communities have suffered attacks for more than ten years.”Let me therefore, call on all to support the implementation of the policy document for the displaced to return to their ancestral homes to start their normal farming and business activities”, he stated.The Director General, Sustainable Development Goals, John Akuse, who spoke at the occasion, said the validation of the IDP policy document is vital in paving the way for the displaced population to be adequately taken care of regarding their peculiar needs.

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Tinubu Honours Buhari, Renames University of Maiduguri after Late President

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By David Torough, Abuja

President Bola Tinubu has approved the renaming of the University of Maiduguri, Borno State as Muhammadu Buhari University.

“May we now adopt the University of Maduguri as the Muhammadu Buhari University,” Tinubu said at the close of a special session of the Federal Executive Council held to honour Buhari at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja on Thursday.

The President paid a glowing tribute to Buhari, describing him as “a good man, a decent man, an honourable man” whose legacy of discipline, patriotism and moral uprightness would endure for generations.

Tinubu said although the late president was not without flaws, his unwavering commitment to national service set him apart.

“President Buhari was not a perfect man, no leader is, but he was, in every sense of the word, a good man, a decent man, an honourable man.

“His record will be debated, as all legacies are, but the character he brought to public life, the moral force he carried, the incorruptible standard he represented, will not be forgotten.

“His was a life lived in full service to Nigeria, and in fidelity to God,” he said.

Reflecting on Buhari’s time in office and his long military and civil service, Tinubu praised the late leader’s simplicity, humility, and stoic resistance to the trappings of power.

He said, “He stood, always, ramrod straight; unmoved by the temptation of power, unseduced by applause and unafraid of the loneliness that often visits those who do what is right, rather than what is popular.

“His was a quiet courage, a righteousness that never announced itself. His patriotism lived more in action than in words.”

Tinubu also recounted their political alliance, which culminated in the historic 2015 elections that marked Nigeria’s first democratic transfer of power from one ruling party to another.

“We stood together, he and I. Alongside others drawn from across the political spectrum, regions and tongues, we formed an alliance that enabled Nigeria to experience its first true democratic transfer of power from one ruling party to another.

“When he was sworn in as our party’s first elected President, he led with restraint, governed with dignity, and bore the burdens of leadership without complaint,” he said.

The President expressed admiration for Buhari’s post-office modesty, noting that he returned to his hometown, Daura, without seeking to wield influence behind the scenes.

“When his tenure ended, he returned to Daura; not to command from the shadows or to hold court, but to live as he always had, never seeking to impose his will but content to let others carry the nation forward.

“Even in death, he maintained the serenity that defined him in life: not a sigh, not a groan, just a quiet submission to the will of God. Such was the man Nigeria has lost. Such was the man for whom our nation now mourns,” he added.

Tinubu thanked the Inter-Ministerial Committee and Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, for organising a befitting state funeral within 48 hours, describing it as a “profound honour” to lead the burial procession in Daura.

He concluded his tribute with a prayer: “Mai Gaskiya, the People’s General, the Farmer President, your duty is done. May Almighty Allah forgive his shortcomings and grant him Aljannah Firdaus. May his life continue to inspire generations of Nigerians to serve with courage, conviction, and selflessness. President Buhari, thank you. Nigeria will remember you.”

Buhari died on Sunday, July 13, at the age of 82.

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