Census: Population Commission won’t ask questions on religion, ethnicity
”Since 1991, when the National Population Commission, NPC, has been conducting census, we have never asked questions on ethnicity and religion"
Nigeria’s future depends on reduced population growth
With 21 children, Mustafa says, had he learnt about family planning and its benefits earlier, he would have had fewer. His oldest child is 33 years and the youngest is nine.
Nigeria’s rapid population continues to produce more frustrated youths – Don
A Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Senior Regional Programmatic and Technical Advisor at Jhpiego, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University, Prof. Emmanuel Otolorin has observed that the unabated population growth in Nigeria was responsible for the increase in frustrated youths who felt that the country did not care about them.
Experts want proactive policies to check Nigeria’s growing population
LAGOS—AS Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark this year’s World Population Day, with the theme: 25 Years of ICPD: Accelerating the Promise, reproductive health experts have called for policies that would address the country’s population issues head-on.
Nigerians are one of most fertile people on earth ― Report
Says Africa’s population increased by over 32 million Victor Ogunyinka Following the recent revelation according to the United Nations Population Division that estimated the world population at 7.7 billion, Nigeria has been identified as one of the most fertile nations in the world. The data revealed that in Nigeria, there are more males than females, […]
World population hits 7.7bn as men outnumber women in Nigeria
The population of the world hits an estimated 7,713,468,000, the United Nations Population Division said yesterday.
