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Arase! I Will Forever Cherish Your Kindness And Love -Good Night, Boss By Ikechukwu Ani
By Ikechukwu AniIt has already been a week, and your unexpected and shocking departure still looks like a dream. How I wish it were! ...
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Police Misconduct and Public Complicity: Why Reform Requires Collective Action
By Daniel NdukwePublic conversations about policing in Nigeria often focus on misconduct, extortion, and unprofessional behaviour by security operatives. These concerns are genuine and...
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A Nation Free From Bullets, Not Hunger, Joblessness, Is Not Secure, Merely Quiet, Says Femi Falana
By Femi FalanaINTRODUCTION Our topic, “Citizens’ Rights & Security Concerns,” invites us to widen the lens through which we understand both rights and security. Too often,...
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Police Custody and the Silent Epidemic of Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls
By Okechukwu NwangumaSexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in police custody is one of the least discussed but most pervasive forms of abuse in Nigeria’s...
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Weaponising the Law: The Abandoned Case Against Alfred Friday
By Okechukwu NwangumaThe ordeal of Mr. Alfred Friday Eme continues to expose the deep rot in Nigeria’s policing and justice system. His story is...
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From Streets to Bedrooms – How Police PROs Are Normalising Illegality
By Okechukwu NwangumaIn January 2025, Nigerians woke up to yet another controversy: the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi (I hear he's just been...
Opinion
Tribute to Solomon Arase, Complete Gentleman and an Excellent Professional Police Officer
By Dr. Otive IgbuzorI received with deep shock and sadness the news of the passing of Solomon Arase, former Inspector General of Police, who...
Opinion
*Agunechemba and the Quest for Human Security in Anambra State*
By Okechukwu NwangumaThe security situation in Anambra State, like much of Nigeria, remains a pressing concern. Kidnapping, cultism, drug abuse, gunmen attacks, and other...
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Finland Sentences Simon Ekpa: A Lesson for Nigeria on Justice and Accountability
By Okechukwu NwangumaThe sentencing of Simon Ekpa by the Päijät-Häme District Court in Finland to six years in prison for terrorism-related offences is both...
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Tribute to Solomon Arase: The Police Reformer Who Gave Nigerians a Voice Against Abuse
By Okechukwu NwangumaThe news of the passing of Dr. Solomon Ehigiator Arase, former Inspector-General of Police and immediate past Chairman of the Police Service...
Opinion
*Rivers State Local Government Elections Under Emergency Rule: A Democratic Charade*
By Okechukwu NwangumaThe conduct of local government elections today in Rivers State under the supervision of an unelected military administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas...
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When Mothers Pray for Their ‘Yahoo Yahoo’ Children
By Glory Anurika Onyemelam(08038465069/07053846499/[email protected]/[email protected]) Not long ago, parents felt deep shame when their children strayed into crime, whether internet fraud (“yahoo yahoo”) or prostitution. Mothers, especially,...
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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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