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When Justice Ministry Evades Justice
By Okechukwu NwangumaThe case of Mr. Eme Alfred Friday has become a chilling example of how rogue elements within the Nigeria Police Force misuse...
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*Security, Rights, and Welfare: From the Streets to Cyberspace*
By Okechukwu NwangumaAt the 2025 Annual Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Enugu, Femi Falana, SAN, cut to the heart of Nigeria’s...
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Path to Democratic Policing: Why Gazetting the Revised Police Regulations Is Urgent
By Okechukwu NwangumaIt took Nigeria’s civil society organisations (CSOs) sixteen years of unrelenting advocacy to achieve the landmark passage of the Nigeria Police Act,...
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A Shame Indeed: IGP’s Personal Battles and the Wrong Optics for Democracy
By Okechukwu NwangumaA shame indeed! The Nigeria Police Force under Inspector-General Kayode Egbetokun seems more preoccupied with entertaining distractions than with the urgent task...
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*Nigeria Police and the Abuse of “Random Searches”*
By Okechukwu NwangumaWhen the spokesperson of the Delta State Police Command, SP Bright Edafe, recently declared that operatives of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF)...
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*Weaponising Framed Charges: How Nigeria’s Police Turn Justice into Extortion*
By Okechukwu NwangumaIn Nigeria today, one of the most devastating tools of police abuse is the deliberate use of framed or trumped-up charges. It...
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Communiqué from the Dialogue on “Voices Unchained” in Southeast Nigeria
The Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC), with the support of the Fund for Global Human Rights through the Action Group on...
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Unchaining Voices, Reclaiming Safety: Why Southeast Nigeria Must Rethink Civic Space and Vigilante Policing
By Okechukwu NwangumaOn August 21, 2025, stakeholders from across the Southeast gathered in Awka, Anambra State, for a dialogue session aptly themed “Voices Unchained...
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Nigeria Police Cannot Force Me Into Silence, Justice Is My Demand, Says Sowore
Human rights activist Omoyele Sowore, who is also the founder of Saharareporters, has taken to social media to recount his latest encounter with the...
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When Policemen Become Predators
By Okechukwu NwangumaOn Tuesday, August 12, 2025, at about 7:20 a.m., armed men stormed Unity Estate in Egbeda, Lagos. They forced their way into...
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Amnesty International’s “A Decade of Impunity”: No Surprises, Only Validation
By Okechukwu NwangumaThe recently released Amnesty International report “A Decade of Impunity” contains nothing essentially new.Rather, it reinforces and validates what RULAAC and other...
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*WHERE IS IMO’S BILLIONS: Uzodinma’s Government Under Fire Over Missing Local Government Funds
By Okechukwu NwangumaImo State is drowning in poverty — but its local governments are swimming in billions. Or at least, they should be.According to...
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100 Days, And Counting: Governor Nwifuru’s Silence on Emmanuel Acha Is Complicity
By Okechukwu NwangumaFor 100 days and counting, Comrade Emmanuel Acha — a respected human rights advocate and voice for the voiceless — has been...
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*Police Pension Probe: Justice or Another Show?*
By Okechukwu NwangumaThe ongoing Senate probe into the Police Pension Fund has once again peeled back the rotten layers of corruption in Nigeria’s public...
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Comfort Emmanson’s Ordeal: Mob Justice in the Skies
By Okechukwu NwangumaPrevious commentaries and opinions on the Comfort Emmanson incident - including mine - were based on incomplete information.But new testimonies from other...
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*Swift Justice for Comfort Emmanson — But What About KWAM 1?*
By Okechukwu NwangumaSwift justice is commendable. But selective justice is a problem.Within hours of an Ibom Air incident, passenger Comfort Emmanson was charged in...
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*Lawlessness at 30,000 Feet: Why Nigerians Must Learn to Obey Rules*
By Okechukwu NwangumaI find it baffling that a passenger in an aeroplane would refuse to comply with simple, routine safety directives — such as...
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*Criminalising Victims: How Abia Police Are Undermining the Fight Against Child Trafficking*
By Okechukwu NwangumaIn February 2025, Amarachi—a young mother struggling to raise her children—experienced every parent’s worst nightmare: her son, Victory, went missing while playing...
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*A Dangerous Precedent: Why the Nigeria Police Must Not Undermine the Constitution or the Office of the Attorney General*
By Okechukwu NwangumaThe brazen attempt by the Nigeria Police to investigate the Attorney General of Anambra State and law officers of the Ministry of...
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*Nigeria Is Not a Banana Republic—But Tinubu Is Governing It Like One*
By Okechukwu NwangumaWhen President Bola Tinubu manipulated the legislative process to extend the tenure of Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun—who had already reached...
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