National Population Commission
14 Dec
If Nigeria’s economy tumbles off this current cliff the next moment, it would not happen for want of sufficient early warning signs but, perhaps, for lack of the required willpower to make necessary adjustments and damn the soothsayers.
8 Jul 2023
CIVIL rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA), on Friday, asked President Bola Tinubu to scrap the National Population Commission
30 Jun 2023
Federal Commissioner representing Edo State in National Population Commission (NPC), Dr. Tony Aiyejina, yesterday, said the shift in the 2023 General Elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission was the major reason the NPC postponed the 2023 population census.
16 Jun 2023
Says data will become stale after 12 months The National Population Commission (NPC), yesterday, said that if the population and housing census fails to take place within the next 12 months, information that has been gathered across the country would become stale. It said that if the exercise is not held within the shortest possible…
7 Jun 2023
Federal Commissioner, National Population Commission (NPC), Delta State, Chief Richard Odibo, has declared that the 2023 Census and Housing Enumeration exercise will soon be conducted in Nigeria.
31 May 2023
Declaration by the Chairman of National Population Commission (NPC), Nasir Isa Kwarra, that the Commission had spent N200 billion on preparations for the 2023 Population and Housing Census before the exercise was cancelled has kept reactions coming.
17 May 2023
Federal Commissioner, National Population Commission (NPC), Niger State, Muhammad Usman, has said the next population and housing census will be fully digital, transformative, green and it will differ in nature and scope from previous ones.
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