Friday, April 13, 2018
Video - Boko Haram Huntress
Among the thousands of hunters enlisted by the Nigerian army to track and capture Boko Haram fighters, one stands out from the crowd.
Video - Nigerian authorities battle to contain spread of cholera
Nigeria is also battling a cholera outbreak. Authorities in the north-eastern state of Yobe say at least 13 people have died of the disease so far. More than 150 cases have been reported in the town of Gashua, which is worst affected.
Video - Over $320 million recovered from former Nigeria president's Abacha's Swiss accounts
One area where Nigeria is doing well is in the recovery of looted funds.The government has received more than 320-million dollars allegedly stolen by former president Sani Abacha. The Finance Ministry says the money has been deposited in a special account in the central bank.
Thursday, April 12, 2018
Video - W.H.O. director in Nigeria to launch new vaccine initiative
The director of the World Health Organisation has been in Nigeria. Dr Tedros Adhanom has officially launched a new vaccination campaign for yellow fever. Cases have been on the rise and sub-Saharan Africa is most at risk.
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Population of Nigeria nears 200 million
Nigeria's current population is nearing 200 million, according to the National Population Commission.
Chairman of the National Population Commission Eze Duruiheoma presented the figure at the Commission on Population and Development in New York.
He said the country was just two million people away from hitting that 200 million mark.
Duruiheoma noted that at the last census in 2006 Nigeria's population was put at 140 million.
Just over a decade later, it is the seventh most-populous country in the world - and one in every 43 person in the world is Nigerian.
Nigeria is now projected to become the third most-populated country in the world in the next 30 years.
The UN has projected that it could overtake Pakistan, Brazil, Indonesia and the US by 2060 at the rate the country's population is growing.
Last month, the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Paul Arkwright, warned there could be "a demographic disaster” in the making, especially as so many young people are jobless, lack access to education and the competition for resources.
Chairman of the National Population Commission Eze Duruiheoma presented the figure at the Commission on Population and Development in New York.
He said the country was just two million people away from hitting that 200 million mark.
Duruiheoma noted that at the last census in 2006 Nigeria's population was put at 140 million.
Just over a decade later, it is the seventh most-populous country in the world - and one in every 43 person in the world is Nigerian.
Nigeria is now projected to become the third most-populated country in the world in the next 30 years.
The UN has projected that it could overtake Pakistan, Brazil, Indonesia and the US by 2060 at the rate the country's population is growing.
Last month, the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Paul Arkwright, warned there could be "a demographic disaster” in the making, especially as so many young people are jobless, lack access to education and the competition for resources.
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