President Bola Tinubu inaugurated a high-level committee on the forthcoming national population and housing census on Wednesday. The committee will submit an interim report within three weeks. The President said that the census is crucial for national development, accurate planning, and effective decision-making in healthcare, education, security, and economic planning. Nigeria’s last census was in 2006. It recorded a population …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that 7,746 deceased voters were removed from the national voter register in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as of December 2022. The Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Victoria Etta-Messi, disclosed this to The PUNCH on Thursday. “Seven thousand, seven hundred and forty-six decreased persons across the 36 states …

The National Population Commission (NPC) has announced the successful registration of over 10 million children aged zero to five years within the last three months. The Chairman of the commission, Alhaji Nasir Kwarra, stated this while speaking to journalists after the First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu presented a birth certificate to the baby of the year at the Asokoro General …

National Population Commission (NPC), with United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has launched Electronic Civil Registration and Vital Statistics System (E-CRVS) in Lagos. At a news conference on the E-CRVS, Federal Commissioner representing Lagos State, Mrs. Saidat Olayinka-Oladunjoye, said the system is aimed at improving quality of life and to ensure government’s commitment to transparency, accountability, and data-driven decision-making. She stressed …

The management of the Nigerian Press Council (NPC) has dissociated the Executive Secretary of the agency, Dr. Dili Ezughah, from the fake facebook and instagram accounts recently opened in his name. In a statement, NPC’s Director of Legal, Mrs. Ngozi Ikeyi said the Executive Secretary “is not on any of these aforementioned social media platforms, and he has never solicited …

Ahead of the 21 September Governorship Election in Edo State, Candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Monday Okpebholo; Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Asue Ighodalo; Labour Party (LP), Olumide Akpata, and 13 others will on 12 September sign a peace accord in Benin. The peace pact is being spearheaded by the General Abdulsalami Abubakar-led National Peace Committee (NPC). Chairman of …

lectronic Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (ECRVS) will begin on 2 September in Lagos State. National Population Commission (NPC) has begun training ad hoc registrars across local governments. Federal Commissioner representing Lagos State, Mrs. Saidat Oladunjoye, while opening the training at Kosofe Local Government, said the training would be in two phases, while some councils were merged, depending on the …

President Bola Tinubu on Monday swore in two more commissioners-designate of the National Population Commission (NPC) Mr Fasuwa Johnson and Dr Amid Tadese Raheem from Ogun and Osun states respectively took the oath of office at 12:15 pm at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, after their abridged citations were read. Monday’s ceremony came three months after Tinubu, …

In anticipation of the inaugural digital Population and Housing Census, the chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), Hon Nasir Isa Kwarra, has lauded the progress made in the construction of the NPC Disaster Recovery Centre Annex in Kaduna State. Kwarra, who led a delegation to the project site, stressed the imperative of adhering to job specifications by the contractor. …

The Nigeria Population Commission (NPC) said it has captured and registered 1,109,515 births in the last 11 months across Kano State’s 44 Local Government Areas. The Birth Registration Head of Department (HOD) in the Commission, Halima Inuwa, made this known during an interview with LEADERSHIP DAILY, noting that 1,035,022 births were captured digitally while 74, 493 were captured manually from …