a day set aside by the United Nations to raise awareness of global population issues. Nigeria’s population at independence in 1960 was estimated to be 45,138,458. But currently it is estimated ...

Nigeria is a reasonable ... and the rising population. Nigeria annually imports $22 billion of food, notably wheat and fish. As I chat with him about those ideas, a line of guests waits patiently ...

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.

One Acre Fund Nigeria on Thursday hosted a national ... Over 40% of our population lives below the poverty line, and nearly 20% of children under five suffer from chronic malnutrition (World ...

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The U.N. estimates that countries in sub-Saharan Africa will continue to grow and contribute more than half of the global population by 2050. Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation and currently ...

Nigeria’s population reached 182 million this year with more than half its people under 30 years of age, putting a severe strain on a nation suffering from a slowing economy and declining ...

There was a time when Nigeria’s booming population ... a sense that a decade or two down the line they wouldn’t be enough to cater for a larger population. It wouldn’t be totally correct ...

So, I wasn’t exactly surprised to read a News Agency of Nigeria story the next day to the effect that 94 million Nigerians now live below the poverty line. With an estimated population of about ...

Nigeria appears to be in what economists call a poverty trap, a vicious circle that takes hardwork and massive investment to break. The population is rising faster than the economy can cater for.

To better understand these factors and what Nigeria can do to fully benefit from the strength of its young population, Adejuwon Soyinka asked Uche Isiugo-Abanihe, Professor of Demography and Dr ...