Following the release by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs on 15th November 2022, which put the global population at 8 billion, the National Population Commission (NPC) has restated its commitment to managing Nigeria’s estimated population of over 216 million for economic growth and sustainable development. While reacting to the UN release…
Former Russian President and current Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said Friday that the United States “will sooner or later abandon” Ukraine and said that the issue of aid delivery to Kiev is a “toxic” issue in the US country. “The United States has always abandoned its friends. It will do it…
Former Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, has backed Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State for insisting on equity, fairness and justice in the Peoples Democratic Party, describing the latter as his man of the year. Oshiomhole spoke while inaugurating the Rumuepirikom Flyover in Obio/Akpor local government area of Rivers State; a project constructed and…
The Hon. Federal Commissioner in charge of the National Population Commission in Bayelsa State, Mrs. Gloria Izonfuo, mni, has reiterated the irrevocable commitment of the Commission to positively rewrite the history of Censuses in Nigeria by delivering an accurate, reliable and acceptable Census that will be purposefully relevant in the drive towards sustainable national development. …
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has seized no fewer than 97 property from different individuals in the past four years. The list of seized assets include 33 buildings, plots of land and a factory forfeited to the Federal Government by a former accountant with the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, Dr…
“After the Trial Census, based on the experience of the Trial Census, we have reviewed some of the questions and that requires also, a review of the manual. That’s why we assembled experts in the academic field, demographers and our experienced staff who have just left government or retired. And then staff of the Commission”
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor, says the Armed Forces of Nigeria will sustain alertness and aggressive posture in all ongoing operations across the country. Irabor gave the assurance at the closing of the Defence Advisers and Attachés’ Conference 2022 organised by the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) on Friday in Abuja. The…
By Robinson Erebi The Hon. Federal Commissioner in charge of the National Population Commission in Bayelsa State, Mrs. Gloria Izonfuo, mni, has reiterated the irrevocable commitment of the Commission to positively rewrite the history of Censuses in Nigeria by delivering an accurate, reliable and acceptable Census that will be purposefully relevant in the drive towards…
By Robinson Erebi The Hon. Federal Commissioner in charge of the National Population Commission in Bayelsa State Mrs. Gloria Izonfuo, mni, has said that the National Population Commission is poised to deliver to the nation, the first digital Census in 2023. Mrs. Izonfuo made this known during a press conference called to announce the formal…
A former Bayelsa State Commissioner for Culture and Ijaw National Affairs, Hon. Austin Dressman has called for the immediate resignation of the minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq over her recent statement wherein she reportedly said Bayelsa is not in the top 10 worst-hit states by this year’s flood. The…
