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Thursday, 19 October 2017

UN launches 2017 state of world population report




THE UNITED NATIONS, New York has released
the 2017 state of world population reports, 
issued by the United Nations 
Population Fund (UNFPA)with high-points noting that, if left unchecked, inequality and failure 
to protect the rights of poorest women 
could undermine peace and world’s 
development goals. 


The new UNFPA report warns that:
  • Only about half of the world’s women hold paid jobs 
  • Globally, women earn 77 per cent of what men get 
  • Three in five women worldwide lack maternity leave, many pay "motherhood penalty" ...  





Report: Arab population reached 359m in 2017


















Report: Arab population reached 359m in 2017

Wednesday, 18 October 2017

Most populated States in Nigeria 2017 by estimates

A National Population Census was supposed to take place in Nigeria in year 2016 but due to the current economic crisis, the census have been postponed till 2018.

In the mean time however, this estimation was projected

1. LAGOS: Population: 21 million 
Lagos has been the most populated city in Nigeria for a longtime, in 2006's population census Lagos had 7,682,953 in 2012 The population of Lagos according to the Lagos State Government was 17.5 million, a number disputed by the Nigerian Government and judged unreliable by the National Population Commission of Nigeria. The latest reports estimate the population at 21,642,797, making Lagos the largest city in Africa. Officially Lagos is known to be the second fastest-growing city in Africa and the seventh in the world. Our 2017 estimates puts the city's population at 21,000,000.
Lagos State is a major economic centre of Nigeria. With a GDP over 90billion dollars it would be the fifth largest economy in Africa if it were a country.

2. KANO: Population: 16 million
According to the 2006 population census  figures from Nigeria Kano State had a population totaling 9,383,682. Officially, Kano State was the most populous state in the country. The state is mostly populated by Hausa people. In 2011 the state estimated their population was 11,058,300 and now in 2017 our research estimated the population of the state to be approximately 14million

3. OYO: Population: 15million
Ọyọ, usually referred to as Oyo State to distinguish it from the city of Oyo, is an inland state in south-western Nigeria, with its capital at Ibadan. It is bounded in the north by Kwara State, in the east by Osun State, in the south by Ogun State and in the west partly by Ogun State and partly by the Republic of Benin. The population of OYO was estimated at 6,617,720 as of the 2007 by the state government. But recent estimates claims the state now has 14,993,752 as the total population. Our 2016 estimates puts the state's population at 15,000,000


4.  KADUNA: Population: 12 million
Kaduna State, north central Nigeria, is politically classified as belonging to the now 'North - West' zone of the current six (6) Geo - political zones of Nigeria. It is populated by about 59 to 63 different ethnic groups if not more with the exactitude of the number requiring further verification through a genuine field work [Hayab, 2014]. The question t ed as id in the last paragraph with the Hausa and Fulani as the dominant ethnic groups followed by at least 60 others.
The population of Kaduna was at 6,066,562 as of the 2006 Nigerian census. But recent estimates claims the state now has 11,652,844 as the total population. Our 2016 estimates puts the state's population at 12,000,000

5. RIVERS: Population: 11 million
According to census data released in 2006, the state has a population of 5,185,400, making it the sixth-most populous state in the country. Its capital, Port Harcourt is the largest city and is economically significant as the centre of Nigeria's oil industry. Rivers State is bounded on the South by the Atlantic Ocean, to the North by Imo, Abia and Anambra States, to the East by Akwa Ibom State and to the West by Bayelsa and Delta states. It is home to many indigenous ethnic groups: Ikwerre, Ibani, Opobo, Eleme, Okrika, and Kalabari, Etche, Ogba, Ogoni, Engenni, Obolo and others.
Recent estimates claims the state now has 10,652,844 as the total population. Our 2016 estimates puts the state's population around 11 million

6. KATSINA: Population: 10 million
Katsina State to distinguish it from the city of Katsina, is a state in North West zone of Nigeria. Its capital is Katsina. In 1987, Katsina State was formed from part of Kaduna State. The Hausa people (sometimes grouped with the Fulani as Hausa-Fulani) are the largest ethnic group.
The population of Katsina was at 5,792,578 as of the 2006 Nigerian census. But recent estimates claims the state now has 10,102,813 as the total population. Our 2016 estimates puts the state's population at 10million

7. BAUCHI: Population: 9million
Bauchi, is a state in northern Nigeria. Its capital is the city of Bauchi. The state was formed in 1976 when the former North-Eastern State was broken up. It originally included the area now in Gombe State, which became a distinct state in 1996. The Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University is located in the capital city Bauchi. What is now known as Bauchi was until 1976 a province in the then North-Eastern State of Nigeria. According to the 2006 census, the state has a population of 4,653,066.
Recent estimates claims the state now has 9,052,784 as the total population. Our 2016 estimates puts the state's population around 9 million

8. ANAMBRA: Population: 8million
Anambra is a state in southeastern Nigeria. Its name is an anglicized version of the original 'Oma Mbala', the native name of the Anambra River. The capital and seat of government is Awka. Onitsha and Nnewi are the biggest commercial and industrial cities respectively.
The indigenous ethnic group in Anambra state are the Igbo (98% of population) and a small population of Igala (2% of the population) who live mainly in the north-western part of the state.
The population of Anambra was at 4,055,048 as of the 2006 Nigerian census. But recent estimates claims the state now has 8,352,911 as the total population. Our 2016 estimates puts the state's population at 8million.


9. JIGAWA: Population: 8million
The socio-cultural situation in Jigawa State could be described as homogeneous: it is mostly populated by Hausa/Fulani, who can be found in all parts of the State. Kanuri are largely found in Hadejia Emirate, with some traces of Badawa mainly in its Northeastern parts. Even though each of the three dominant tribes have continued to maintain its ethnic identity, Islam and a long history of inter-marriages have continued to bind them together.

About 3.6 million people inhabit Jigawa State. Life expectancy as at 2001 was about 52 years with a total fertility rate of about 6.2 children per woman of childbearing age (a little above the national average). Although population of the State is predominantly rural (90%), the distribution in terms of sex is almost equal between male (50.8%) and female (49.2%).  The population of Jigawa was at 4,348,649 as of the 2006 Nigerian census. But recent estimates claims the state now has 8,109,251 as the total population. Our 2016 estimates puts the state's population at 8million.

10. BENUE: Population: 8million
Benue State is a state in the mid-belt region of Nigeria with a population of about 4,253,641 in 2006 census. It is inhabited predominantly by the Tiv and Idoma peoples, who speak the Tiv language and Idoma, respectively. The Tiv's comprises the Etulo's while the Idoma's comprises the Ufia's (Utonkon), the Igede's, and the Agatu's. There are other ethnic groups, including the Igede, Etulo, Abakwa, Jukun, Hausa, Igbo, Akweya and Nyifon. Recent estimates claims the state now has 7,992,784 as the total population. Our 2016 estimates puts the state's population around 8 million. 


Culled from T.I.N Magazine

Tuesday, 17 October 2017

Latest data on population of Nigeria

A LATEST UNITED NATIONS 2017  report has pegged Nigeria's current populationat 190.4 million. 

The report also forecasts that the figure will rise to 194 million by 2018. 


A population website also noted that some locations are considered as having the top five largest local government in Nigeria by population, adding that the biggest one, of course, is a local government in Lagos whereas others are hard to guess. 

The report also disclosed that local administration systems in Nigeria had undergone four different phases with the first phase or epoch being the period between 1914 and 1950, second, between 1950 and 1966, third period lasting from 1967 to 1976 and the final era, began in 1976 and still continues till date. 

Nigeria is a country with 774 local government areas, yet, only five of them is referred to as the largest. 

The latest population report on Nigeria's 36 States and its Federal Capital Territory was reportedly collected in 2006 and has the following figures representing the numbers of humans in millions for each region: 
Kano      -9.3million
Lagos     -9 million
Kaduna  -6 million  
Katsina  -5.7million  
Oyo        -5.5million  
Rivers    -5.1million  
Bauchi   -4.6million  
Jigawa   -4.3million  
Benue    -4.2million
Anambra   -4.1million
Borno        -4.1million
Delta         -4million
Niger        -3.9million
Imo           -3.9 million
Akwa Ibom   -3.9million
Ogun              -3.7million
Sokoto           -3.6million
Ondo             -3.4million
Osun           -3.4million
Kogi            -3.2million
Zamfara     -3.2million
Enugu        -3.2million
Kebbi         -3.2million  
Edo             -3.2million
Plateau     -3.1million
Adamawa   -3.1million
Cross river -2.8million
Abia            -2.8million
Ekiti           -2.3million
Kwara       -2.3million
Gombe     -2.3million
Yobe         -2.3million
Taraba     -2.3million
Ebonyi    - 2.1million
Nasarawa -1.8million
Bayelsa     -1.7million
Federal Capital Territory -1.4million


The latest population report also added that Births are expected to exceed deaths by up to 5.1million, which denotes a positive increase. 

However, it is also expected that the population will decrease due to migration because in the previous year, the number of people leaving the country was higher than the number of those coming in. 

Tuesday, 26 September 2017

Population of the world today...And Still Counting



THE POPULATION of the world today is about 200,000 people larger than yesterday. 
The world population clock LIVE shows you in real time how fast it’s actually going. 
This development will put enormous pressure on Earth’s resources and we’ll need to 
find more sustainable ways of living. 

And fast! 

A growing population
By 2025, world population will be over 8 billion people. 
Around 2040 it could hit 9 billion and by 2100 it could reach a massive 11 billion people.

And a much bigger world economy
The world economy could grow a massive 26 times in this century. This will put enormous pressure on Earth’s resources. And we are already overusing at 160 percent…

Something must change
If we don’t start radically changing the way we consume the planet, we will be heading for a complete collapse of our consumer society. At current trends, the planet cannot sustain twice as many people and a 26 times larger economy.

A new industrial revolution
There is a need for a new industrial revolution where economic wealth goes hand-in-hand with environmental and social sustainability. And fast. We are reaching critical tipping points beyond which it will be too late to reverse negative trends. 

Culled from:
http://www.theworldcounts.com/counters/shocking_environmental_facts_and_statistics/world_population_clock_live

Friday, 22 September 2017

Africa: 70percent Working Age Population Unemployed

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INDUSTRIALISING Africa in a socially inclusive and environmentally 
sustainable manner was a major concern for African leaders, United Nations (UN) 
officials and representatives of international finance institutions and the private 
sector who all met on Thursday at the UN headquarters.

Their confab was to reaffirm their commitment to a broad-based international 
partnership. According to a UN Information Service, Vienna (UNIS) press 
statement, unemployment and poverty are very serious concerns for the continent.

The leaders noted that where over 70 percent of the working-age population is 
unemployed or has no job security in Africa, the situation has prompted the UN to 
declare 2016-2025 as the 'Third Industrial Development Decade for Africa 
(IDDA III)'. 

Both African leaders and development partners therefore
reiterated the importance of industrialization towards
eradicating poverty and ensuring that the continent’s fast-growing
population yields its demographic dividend. 

Describing lack of skills as the major problem in Africa, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn suggested that with an integrated industrial strategy, 
African states will hopefully mobilize funds, build the capacity of local employment 
and promote small, medium enterprises with domestic development projects.

African Union’s Commissioner for Trade and Industry, Albert M. Muchanga, noted: 
“Let me stress that, in line with the theme of this event -from political commitment 
to action on the ground - and the underlying principle of inclusiveness, it is my 
expectation that resources mobilized under the IDDA III will be deployed so as to significantly show benefits accruing to the ordinary Africans on the ground 
through decent employment, and access to high-quality, safe and affordable 
manufactured goods that are made in Africa, among other direct and tangible benefits.

“It is high time to move the IDDA III agenda steadily forward in order to foster inclusive
 and sustainable industrial development in Africa. Today’s presence of high-level participants from the public and private sectors, development financial institutions, 
the UN system, and bilateral and multilateral institutions confirms that Africa’s industrialization is of global importance,” said the UNIDO Director General LI Yong, 
whose agency is tasked with leading the implementation of IDDA III as well as implementing its new innovative approach to bring about the necessary 
structural transformation.

The IDDA III approach is based on a country-owned model known as the Programme 
for Country Partnership (PCP) that leverages financial and non-financial 
resources, promotes regional integration and mobilizes co-operation among 
Africa’s development partners according to a joint communique signed by 
the African leaders and UNIDO. 

World Environmental Health Day -September 26-27, 2017

THE THEME for this year's World Health Day (WHD), “Indoor & Outdoor Air Quality”is with a focus on the effects of poor air quality, including both indoor and outdoor air pollution to the population, particularly children under five years.

Health experts says all these put the population at risk of developing lifetime 
respiratory complications from exposure to poor air quality. 

Holding at the Umfolozi Hotel & Resort, KwaZulu Natal Province, members of the Media are invited to cover the event on the slated dates of 26th and 27th September 2017 which is to kick-start from 9:00am. 

This year's WHD will be hosted in honour of the memory of the late Alfred Nzo, a ‘Health Inspector’ in Alexander, who’s experiences of poor living conditions of people in the Alexander township, forged much of the understanding of the lives of millions of South Africans in the 1950s.

Given this, the National Department of Health will present Alfred Nzo Environmental Health Excellence Awards to deserving municipalities, points of entry and environmental health students under the listed: categories:
  • Best Performing Environmental Health Student
  • Best performing Point of Entry in terms of Environmental health norms and standards
  • Best compliant point of entry in terms of the international health regulations 2005
  • Best performing municipality in terms of Environmental health norms and standards
  • Best Improved Municipality in terms of Environmental health norms and standards
  • Best Innovative Municipality in environmental health
  • Best practice municipality in environmental health
While urging all South Africans to live a healthy life by keeping the environment clean and prevent the spread of diseases; key messages to be presented on the WHD as arranged by the Department of Health, include:
  • Protect the air we breathe, protect the future
  • Making all places safe for our children
  • Know how poor air pollution affects your health

Thursday, 21 September 2017

New Global Estimates on the Prevalence of Human Trafficking in 2017

YESTERDAY, THE  International Labor Organization (ILO) and Walk Free Foundation released their newest report estimating the number of victims of modern slavery across the globe: 24.9 million victims worldwide. This estimate, last calculated in 2012, looks at all types of human trafficking across sectors, economies, and geographical regions. It’s a critical number for anti-human trafficking advocates who depend on this estimate to communicate the growth and pervasiveness of this crime and to develop strategies to combat it.

Over the past three years, the ILO and Walk Free Foundation have worked to pilot a new methodology for measuring the number of people living in modern slavery. It draws on information from in-person interviews, surveys such as the Gallup Poll, and data from the International Organization for Migration on trafficking victims who have received assistance through their programs. The data for the report is based on random sampling from 54 surveys in 48 countries, and the final estimations are a combination of survey responses, secondary sources, and extrapolation based on the country’s vulnerability to modern slavery and total population.
The report breaks the number of enslaved persons into two categories: those who were forced into labor at some point during the last five years, and those who have been exploited for forced labor for the entire five years. This distinction between variability represents how many people are affected by modern slavery and for how long, important data when policy makers are making strategic decisions on the best ways to combat these crimes. This data will paint the clearest estimate of modern slavery to date, both globally and regionally.
According to the new estimate, human traffickers enslave approximately 24.9 million victims worldwide. Due to the new methodology, it is hard to definitively say that this number represents an increase from the 2012 figure of 20.9 million. However, whether this number is the result of an increase in prevalence or an increase in our ability to recognize enslaved populations, it still represents a rapidly growing and egregious human rights violation.
This report rebuffs the belief that most trafficked persons are primarily held for sexual exploitation. It estimates that 64 percent of all enslaved persons are trafficked into forced labor, 19 percent for commercial sexual exploitation, and 16 percent as part of state sponsored slavery. Breaking down these numbers by industry, domestic work, construction, manufacturing, and agriculture are among the most common.
Additionally, the report claims that more than 50 percent of men and women in forced labor exploitation are held using debt bondage, with that number increasing to 70 percent in the most pervasive industries listed above. The 2014 report, which focused on the profits from human trafficking, shows that although a majority of victims are trafficked for labor exploitation, that industry earned about $42 billion annually, while sexual exploitation earned traffickers a whopping $99 billion.
The global statistics in this report also dispel the idea that modern slavery is not an issue at home. While calculations in the report show that modern slavery is the most prominent in Asia and Pacific region, in the Americas is estimates that 1.3 of every 1,000 people are enslaved, representing five percent of the total enslaved population worldwide.

How to boost regional food security and prosperity

East and Southern Africa fertilizer and agribusiness leaders come to Maputo to discuss how to boost regional food security and prosperity



"We are pleased that the conference also has the commercial support of 

organisations like Ma’aden, OCP Africa, Cornelder and Bagtech who are 
sponsoring the conference"


LEADERS of fertilizer production and trade from across the region participated in discussions. 
In two weeks over 300 visitors from 28 different countries will join senior government figures 
and leading industry executives in Maputo, Mozambique. They will all gather to discuss 
the technical and commercial challenges facing the fertilizer and agribusiness industries in the region. 

The event is a three-day conference, including a gala reception hosted by OCP Africa, and is 
organized by CRU (www.CRUgroup.com) (a leading, independent, global fertilizers analysis, 
consultancy and events business) and The African Fertilizer Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP) 

The conference opens with keynote addresses from the Government of Mozambique, a former 
commissioner of the African Union, the Secretary General of COMESA and a representative of Ma’aden, 
a leading global producer of fertilizers. 

The event continues with over 40 speakers from across the fertilizer agribusiness supply chain including 
leaders of Mozambique’s leading institutions, such as the country’s Ministry of Trade and Investment, the 
Association for Fertilizers (AMOFERT), the Confederation of Economic Associations (CTA) and the Agency 
for Investment and Export Promotion (APIEX).

The leaders of fertilizer production and trade from across the region will all be participating in discussions, 
including OCP Africa, ICL, Indorama, ETG, Farmers World and Chemplex. They will be joined by representatives 
of the development and investment community such as the African Development Bank, AGRA, One Acre Fund 
and the Alliance for Commodity Trade in East and Southern Africa (ACTESA). 

“With sessions on critical issues such as how the cost of fertilizer for the regions farmers, how supply chains of 
agricultural inputs can be improved and how local government and international suppliers of fertilizer can work 

in partnership to build strong agribusiness, the event will be invaluable” said Nicola Coslett, CEO of CRU Events.
“We are pleased that the conference also has the commercial support of organisations like Ma’aden, OCP Africa, 
Cornelder and Bagtech who are sponsoring the conference. 

With a sold-out exhibition featuring EMT, Biera Logistics, euragglo, Mediterranean Fertilizers, Yargus, 
Nectar Group and Tessenderlo, this event will be unmissable for everybody involved in the regions fertilizer 
and agribusiness sectors,” she continued. 

The East and Southern Africa Agribusiness Conference will be held on 9-11 October 2017 and full details of 
the conference can be found at AfricaFertilizerConference.com.

4bn people worldwide without social protection —ILO

4bn people worldwide without social protection —ILO

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