Quote from Ndubuisi Ekekwe on April 12, 2018, 12:11 PM

CONGRATS. You now have 198 million people minus 1 as brethren in Nigeria. Yes, Nigeria, according to the National Population Commission, is now a nation of 198 million people.

The Chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), Eze Duruiheoma, says Nigeria’s population consists of approximately 198 million people.

He disclosed this when delivering Nigeria’s statement on sustainable cities, human mobility and international migration at the ongoing 51st session of Commission on Population and Development in New York.

He disclosed that urban population within the country has been growing at an average yearly rate of about 6.5 per cent for over 50 years.