Census

  • The UK population is set to grow by five million people in ten years, despite death rates being projected to overtake birth rates in that time. All the forecast population growth is due to migration. Britain is expected to take in a total of 494,000 more people a year on average over the next decade…

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  • The Ohanaeze Ndigbo on Sunday urged the Igbo to participate in the forthcoming national population census wherever they are located. Ohanaeze’s remark is contrary to the call by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, that Igbos should return to the South East for the forthcoming national census.IPOB in its directive said the census would be…

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  • Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has said the 2023 population and housing census earlier scheduled for March 29 has been shifted to May 2023. Lai confirmed this when he briefed State House correspondents at the end of the meeting of the Federal Executive Council presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in…

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  • Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), on Saturday, called for the postponement of the 2023 national population and housing census. The group said postponement of the exercise is vital to guarantee free and fair elections in the 2023 elections. HURIWA’s National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, in a statement, said the idea of a census…

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