The National Population Commission, NPC, has yesterday in Akwa Ibom state launched its 2023-24 Nigeria Demographic Health Survey Exercise, as the chairman promised that soon the general exercise would kick start by next year. The Chairman, National Population Commission, Mr. Nasir Isa Kwarra, stated this while performing the ceremony of rebuilding Akwa ibom state office, assuring that NPC would deliver a credible and reliable, population census that would be acceptable to all Nigerians in the country. 

The Supreme Court will on Friday, decide the fate of the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, in the appeal filed by the Federal Government against a judgment of the Court of Appeal, which quashed the treasonable felony charges against the IPOB leader.

The Government of Rivers State had defended its decision to pull-down and rebuild the Rivers State House of Assembly Complex, saying the building structure has been grossly affected following the recent explosion that hits the building. The government insisted that the fire incident has rendered the main building unfit for human use and therefore need to be rebuilt.

Femi Falana, SAN, human rights lawyer has threatened to drag the Federal Government of Nigeria to court in the next two-week if it fail to compensate victims of military airstrikes in the past seven years.

The Department of State Services (DSS) has disclosed it would begin production of drones, AK-47s and other weapons that would be used by the Service. This was made known by the Director-General (DG) of DSS, Yusuf Magaji Bichi on Saturday during the graduation ceremony of participants of the Executive Intelligence Management Course (EIMC) 16 at the National Institute for Security Studies, Abuja.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has reiterated its resolute stand and commitment to address critical issues affecting the rights of women and girls and other human rights generally. The assertion was made in Bauchi on Saturday by the Coordinator of the NHRC, Bauchi Office, Yatchi Dala during the last day of 2023 16 Days of activism against Gender-based violence.