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Natural resources & energy

Annual oil and gas statistical review in Nigeria

An annual statistical review of Nigeria's petroleum industry including data on seismic activities, crude oil production, liftings, allocations, exports by destination, receipts, gas production, utilisation, sales, transmission and exports. It is published by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
Natural resources & energy

Detailed upstream and downstream petroleum data

Comprehensive oil and gas data for upstream, downstream, gas utilisation and others from the Department of Petroleum Resources' statistics portal.
Natural resources & energy

Nigeria crude oil production, 2018

Data graphs on Nigeria's crude oil production at current levels in 2018 and backdated to 2014. The data, sourced from the Energy Information Administration, can be downloaded in CSV format.
Natural resources & energy

Nigeria's petroleum imports, 2017

Statistics on the import of petroleum products for 2017, from the National Bureau of Statistics.
Natural resources & energy

Nigeria national water supply and sanitation baseline survey, 2013

A baseline study of the share of people in Nigeria who have access to safe water and sanitation facilities, updated in 2013. It is available in PDF from the Federal Ministry of Water Resources.
Welfare & population

Data on male and female population, 2015

Data on multiple demographic indicators, including health, education and labour, for men and women in Nigeria. The study was published in 2015 by the National Bureau of Statistics.
Welfare & population

Social protection in Nigeria

A project briefing, part of a UNICEF Nigeria-funded project on child-sensitive social protection and the policies that support it, published in 2011.
Covid-19

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control

The agency releases updates on the number of Covid-19 cases, provides general information on the disease and issues warnings about misinformation.

Agriculture

Dubawa fact check: Osofo Kyiri Abosom’s claim about Nigeria banning importation of rice fact-checked

 

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