Tag: Population
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The game changer – By Francis Ewherido
By Francis Ewherido This Tuesday, July 11, is World Population Day, a day which seeks to raise awareness on global population issues. In Nigeria, our exploding population is a real issue. Nigeria’s population was 122.8 million just 17 years ago, but it currently stands at 191.9 million, an increase of about 69.1 million or 64…
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Poverty grows with population in Nigeria – Dangote
The President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote has raised concern over the growing rate of unemployment in Nigeria, a situation he said makes him lose his sleep at nights. Dangote said this when a team of business executives from Lagos Business School (LBS), visited his multi-billion dollars refinery and petrochemical projects in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos.…
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Nigeria’s population to overtake US by 2050 – UN
The United Nations (UN) has said Nigeria’s population is set to overtake the US by 2050. The current population of US is over 322 million, while Nigeria has more than 180 million. In a recent reports, the agency listed both nations among nine countries that would account for half of the world’s population growth from…
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Nigeria seeks foreign investors for smart cities project
The Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, says Nigeria is set to hold a smart cities summit in June as part of efforts by the Federal Government to develop the ICT sector in the country. Mr. Shittu disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on the sideline of the Transform Africa Summit…
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Population of boys outnumber girls in the world – UN
A report by United Nations, released on Friday has revealed that girls are substantially outnumbered by boys in the world. UN, however, called on countries to invest in girls as the majority of the world’s 10-year-olds live in developing countries. This year’s ‘State of the World Population’ report made available by the United Nations Population…