The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu has instructed that application for constable cadre of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) be suspended. The NPF is looking to recruit 10,000 personnel in line with the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to add 40,000 policemen to the NPF over a period of four years. Frank Mba, force public relations officer, had announced the recruitment details in a statement on July 11. The requirements listed in the recruitment include...

Members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) have demanded that the association withdraw its invitation to Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, to speak at it’s annual general conference. In a petition to the chairman of the technical committee on the NBA conference planning,  Koyinsola Ajayi, the lawyers under the aegis of Open Bar Initiative described the invitation as a “reward for misrule.” Silas Onu, convener of the group, said the governor signified the very...