THE latest report on Nigeria’s spiralling population raises fresh concerns. In it, the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economics and Social Affairs projects Nigeria to become ...

Explore the reasons behind Nigeria’s massive population, which rivals the combined populations of its 15 neighboring ...

I have just seen a BBC documentary on future demographic development in Africa zeroing in on Nigeria and its neighbour Niger Republic. The thrust of the documentary is that if both continue at the ...

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Last week, the National Population Commission announced that Nigeria’s population estimate had moved up to 206 million. The country’s population growth rate is put at about 2.6 per cent. In the last ...

So, beyond the campaign to end police brutality, current protests have other underlining factors. To better understand these factors and what Nigeria can do to fully benefit from the strength of its ...

AFRICA is the second most populous continent with over one billion people in the world. Sadly, the greatest number of births in the continent takes place in Nigeria. In fact, a forecast at a point did ...

Quality policy making, planning and administration, and decision making are the bedrocks of stable and developed nations. But the eccentricities of governance in today’s world have it that national ...

Nigeria, the most populous nation in Africa and the sixth globally, stands at a demographic crossroads. With a population estimated at over 222 million—70% under 30 and a median age of just 18.1 years ...

With Nigeria’s population growing at more than 3% a year, Nigerian authorities are offering free family planning methods and advice to Nigerian families in an effort to slow population growth. It can ...