Sequel to the indefinite postponement of the 2023 census by the federal government, the Labour Party's presidential candidate, Peter Obi has applauded the Buhari-led federal government's decision to postpone Nigeria's 2023 population census.Obi wrote on his Twitter handle;"FGN's decision to postpone the 2023 Population and Housing Census, scheduled for 3-7 May 2023, to a date to be determined by the incoming Administration is a propitious and welcome development. Na...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the postponement of the 2023 Population and Housing Census, earlier scheduled for 3-7 May 2023, to a date to be determined by the incoming Administration.The President gave the approval after meeting with some members of the Federal Executive Council and the Chairman of National Population Commission and his team at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Friday (28 April 2023).In arriving at the decision to postpone the Census, th...

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has called on the Federal Government to suspend the proposed National Population Census scheduled for May 2023.Ortom made the call on Wednesday when he received a delegation from the Middle Belt Forum led by its president, Dr. Bitrus Pogu, in Makurdi, the state capital.The governor, who alleged that there may be a hidden agenda in the conduct of the census, asked the FG to halt the exercise until the internally displaced persons,...