ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria will next year conduct its first census in 17 years to try to accurately survey its population, estimated at more than 200 million people and the largest in Africa, the head ...

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s government is holding the first census in 15 years of the world’s most populous African nation – an exercise so likely to fan religious, tribal and regional rivalries some ...

ABUJA, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Nigeria will start its first national census in 17 years at the end of March, as authorities in Africa's most populous country seek updated data on the exact population and ...

FILE PHOTO: People crowd a market place as they shop in preparation for Christmas in Lagos ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria has postponed a census due to take place next week and a new date will be set by ...

Nigeria, the pulsating heart of Africa, stands at a critical juncture in its development trajectory. With a rich tapestry of cultures and a burgeoning population, the nation’s future hinges on the ...

The last census conducted in 2006 saw the population at just over 140 million. Given the national census is meant to be conducted every 10 years as per the UN, Nigeria’s current population remains a ...

President Bola Tinubu has affirmed his commitment to supporting the National Population Commission (NPC) in carrying out a credible population and housing census. This commitment is grounded in the ...

Nigeria is attempting its first population count in 15 years, amid a boycott by separatists, violence and diverse logistical problems faced by 1 million census takers. Previous attempts to count ...

Nigeria will exclude religion and ethnicity from the questionnaire for a long-overdue census in Africa’s most populous country in November, the organizer said on Monday, prompting boycott threats from ...

Is Nigeria a country? It sounds like an easy problem on a school pop quiz. But for millions of Nigerians it is still a serious question — the question, in point of fact, at the core of their country’s ...

ABUJA, Jan 21 (Reuters) - (This Jan. 21 story has been corrected to change one of the main ethnic groups to Hausa from Fulani in paragraph 3) Nigeria will start its first national census in 17 years ...