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Demography and PopulationLifestyleNewsNational Senior Citizens Centre To Collaborate With Nigeria Bureau Of Statistics On Data Collection

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 9, 2021

ABUJA — The Director-General, National Senior Citizens Centre (NSCC), Dr. Emem Omokaro has called for continuous collaboration with Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS) to achieve national growth through the production of data on older persons. Omokaro said that the Centre was established by the NSCC Act, 2017, of the National Assembly, as a focal agency to identify the needs of senior citizens and to cater for them. She made the remark during a courtesy visit...

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Demography and PopulationNewsNational Boundary Commission Establishes Single Borderlines Between Three States

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 6, 2021

ABUJA — The Director-General, National Boundary Commission, (NBC) Mr. Adamu Adaji has said single borderlines between Katsina/Jigawa, Katsina/Kaduna and Katsina/Kano States have been established. NBC’s Director-General disclosed this on Tuesday in Katsina at a joint meeting of officials of Katsina, Zamfara and Kano over interstate boundary demarcation. Adaji said the meeting on the Katsina/Kano interstate boundary resulted in an agreed single line boundary between both states. According to him, the meeting on the Katsina/Zamfara boundary...

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Demography and PopulationTechnologyThe National Identity Management Commission registers 1.2 Million Nigerians

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 9, 2021

One point two (1.2) million Nigerians have so far registered into the National Identity Database and have issued them with the National Identification Number (NIN) in Bauchi. Recall that on May 4, the federal government approved the extension of the deadline for the NIN exercise to June 30. The extension, the federal government said the postponement of the deadline was also based on the request by stakeholders for an extension until June 30 in order...

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AfricaDemography and PopulationOpinionOPINION: Africa at the Center of Twenty-First-Century Demographic Shift

PilotnewsJune 4, 2021

By John Campbell, Guest Columnist and Blogger   As the results of the 2020 U.S. national census become known, the American media is digesting the finding that the country’s population is no longer growing. The May 23 Sunday New York Times lead article “above the fold” highlighted how new a stagnant or declining birthrate and immigration is for the United States. The United States is joining Europe and East Asia, where a demographic decline and collapse of birth rates...

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