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The Nationwide Bureau of Statistics, NBS has recognized the highest ten states with the best variety of web customers in Nigeria.

Per the NBS database as of Sunday, February 25, 2024, indicated that there have been a complete of 163.8 million web subscribers throughout the nation.

The figures, in line with the NBS knowledge, are from the fourth quarter of 2023, highlighting the states which are on the forefront of digital connectivity within the nation.

Regardless of challenges such because the elimination of subsidies and the fluctuation of the naira, the numerous improve in web customers reveals that extra residents are having access to the web.

The present inhabitants of Nigeria is 227,232,420 primarily based on projections of the most recent United Nations knowledge.

The UN has additionally estimated that by July 2024, the nation’s inhabitants will hit 229,152,217.

In accordance with the most recent report, there was a major improve within the variety of web customers final yr. The info revealed that the entire variety of web customers reached 154.8 million, which signifies a development charge of 1.35 per cent in comparison with the earlier yr (2021), the place the quantity stood at 141.9 million.

The bureau is chargeable for gathering this data additionally highlighted that the web subscriber base skilled a exceptional development of 9.07 per cent throughout the reviewed interval. Moreover, on a quarter-on-quarter foundation, there was an extra improve of 1.35 per cent in web customers.