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Nigeria population figures not accurate-UNFPA

The United Nations Population Fund's (UNFPA) Assistant Representative in Nigeria, Osaretin Adonri, has said the Nigerian population figures are speculative, projected and not accurate. The country is long overdue for a census, which would dismiss the catalogue of speculative population figures.  The 2006 population census conducted puts Nigeria’s population at 140,003,542 while the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) 2012 data estimated Nigeria’s population to be 166.2 million. “Nigeria needs a census for population accuracy and effective planning,” Adonri said.  According to the UNFPA 2019 State of the World Population report, Nigeria’s population has increased to 201 million, having grown at average rate of 2.6 per cent from 2010 to 2019. Credit: Financial Nigeria
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Liberian President, George Weah runs for his life as snakes chase him out of office

George weah is forced out of his Presidential office in Liberia after two snakes appeared in a hole in the wall and chase him away.
According to BBC, the President now work from his private residence and all staffs have been told to stay away until April 22 to make sure that crawling and creeping things get fumigated from the building.
Press Secretary Smith Toby said two black snakes were found in the Foreign Affairs Ministry building which houses the President's office.
The snakes were never killed and may still be hanging around somewhere in the building. The building has been there for years and the possibility of having crawling things like snake was high because of the drainage system.
The president hopes to return to his office on Monday after the fumigation whether or not the snakes are found and killed, Mr Toby said.




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  1. AugustineApril 19, 2019 at 12:35 PM

    Just as Nigeria President Buhari was chased out of his office by rats in 2017, now snakes have chased Liberia President Weah out of his office too? Africans!! Same reasoning, same way.

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