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  • Breaking: Senate finally confirms Durnnguwa NPC commissioner

    Breaking: Senate finally confirms Durnnguwa NPC commissioner

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    The Senate has finally confirmed Dr. Abdul Malik Mohammed Durnnguwa as one of the Commissioners for the National Population Commission (NPC). TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Durnnguwa was confirmed on Thursday after he was previously rejected last week. While presenting the report of the Committee on National Identity Card and National Population on the screening of 23…

  • Senate rejects Buhari’s NPC nominee over certificate scandal

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    Femi Ajasa
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    Abdul Malik Mohammed Durnnguwa, a commissioner-nominee for the National Population Commission (NPC), has been rejected by the Nigerian Senate. Durnnguwa was among the twenty-three nominees sent by President Muhammadu Buhari for confirmation as NPC commissioner. Giving a reason why Durnnguwa was not cleared, the Senate on Thursday explained that Durnnguwa’s West African Examination Council (WAEC)…

  • How we arrived at Nigeria’s 198m population figure — NPC

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    Olaotan Falade
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    The National Population Commission (NPC) says Nigeria’s estimated 198 million population figure recently announced by the commission is based on an annual population growth of 3.2 per cent, spanning from 2006 till date. The NPC Chairman, Eze Duruiheoma, made the disclosure in an interview with newsmen on Thursday in Abuja. The NPC had on April…

  • Buhari’s NPC nominee remanded in prison for alleged N182m fraud

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    Olaotan Falade
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    A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has remanded Dr. Saadu Alanamu in prison custody for alleged fraud to the tune of N182m and abuse of bail condition. Incidentally, Alanamu’s name was forwarded to the Senate by President Muhammadu Buhari last week for confirmation as a commissioner of the National Population Commission. Recall that…

  • Nigeria’s population now 198m – NPC

    Nigeria’s population now 198m – NPC

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    Olaotan Falade
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    The National Population Commission (NPC) has put Nigeria’s population at 198 million. It said urban population was growing at an average yearly rate of about 6.5 per cent Its Chairman, Mr. Eze Duruiheoma, spoke in New York while delivering Nigeria’s statement on Sustainable Cities, Human Mobility and International Migration at the 51st Session of Commission…

  • Nigeria remains the most populous in Africa-NPC

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    Kehinde Ajose
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    The National Population Commission (NPC) has put Nigeria’s current population at 198 million people with urban population growing at an average annual growth rate of about 6.5 per cent   Chairman of NPC, Mr Eze Duruiheoma, stated this in New York while delivering Nigeria’s statement on Sustainable Cities, Human Mobility and International Migration at the…

  • 2019: INEC moves to remove dead persons in voter register

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    Olaotan Falade
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    The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday urged the National Population Commission (NPC) to furnish it with record of dead citizens since 2015 to enable it to “sanitise’’ the voter register. Chairman of the commission, Mahmood Yakubu, a professor, made the request when he visited the Chairman of NPC, Eze Duruiheoma, in Abuja. He said…

  • Adopt birth control to avert population disaster, NPC warns Nigerians

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    Olaotan Falade
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    The Chairman, National Population Commission (NPC), Eze Duruiheoma (SAN), has advised families to adopt birth control measures to avert population disaster and harness demographic dividend in Nigeria. Mr. Duruiheoma gave the advice on Tuesday in Abuja while briefing newsmen as part of the activities to commemorate the 2017 Annual Population Lecture Series (APLS) scheduled to…

  • Abuja set to host AMNETT/NPC Social Media Innovations Workshop

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    Olaotan Falade
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    All is now set for a Two-day workshop on the Social Media Innovations and Reputation Management organized by the African Media Network in collaboration with the Nigerian Press Council (NPC). A release by the organizers, schedules the workshop to hold on Tuesday 24th and Wednesday, 25 October 2017 at the Barcelona International Hotels, Abuja The…

  • NPC/AMNETT new media confab holds Tuesday

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    Olaotan Falade
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    All is now set for a two-day workshop on optimizing new media opportunities and managing electronic vandalism. The workshop which is a collaboration between the African Media Network and the Nigerian Press Council is scheduled to hold Tuesday and Wednesday, July 25 and 26, 2017 in Lagos. A release by the President/CEO AMNETT, Aniekan Umanah…