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Drinking water and sanitation

The UN's 2017 Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking Water report is the formal global monitoring instrument used for the sustainable development goals. It provides aggregates at national level.
Natural resources & energy

Dashboard on Nigeria's power use and constraints

A daily report on Nigeria's power sector, created by the advisory team of the vice-president of Nigeria. It includes average hourly power sent out daily, constraints and peak energy hours.
Natural resources & energy

Nigeria's peak power generation and energy sent

Power and electricity data from the Nigeria Data Portal. It includes indicators on peak generation and energy sent out. This National Bureau of Statistics initiative allows dissemination of statistical data with various functionalities.
Natural resources & energy

Nigeria power baselines

Research on baseline power in Nigeria including data on daily gas production and gas supplied to power plants. It was developed by the advisory power team in the office of the vice-president in conjunction with Power Africa. The 36-page document can be downloaded in PDF.
Natural resources & energy

Nigeria's geology and commodities by state, 2016

A history of Nigerian mining providing a geological overview and a breakdown of commodities by state. This 31-page investment promotion brochure was published by the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development in collaboration with Deloitte in 2016.
Natural resources & energy

Global energy statistics for Nigeria

A data hub containing a collection of databases, charts and interactive tables of most commonly used statistics on energy in Nigeria.
Natural resources & energy

Master plan for renewable energy in Nigeria

A plan with targets to increase wind, bioenergy, biomass for power, solar, solar photovoltaic, hydropower and multiple renewable energy sources, by the International Energy Agency.
Natural resources & energy

Selected petroleum statistics for Nigeria, 2012 to 2016

Data on barrels of crude oil produced, oil and gas production and drilling development in Nigeria. It is available to download in PDF from the National Bureau of Statistics and contains data for 2012 to 2016.
Natural resources & energy

Consumer price watch of diesel in Nigeria, 2017

The average price paid by consumers for automotive gas oil (diesel), by the National Bureau of Statistics. The data is for 2017 and can be downloaded in PDF format.

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