Niger State Police Command has directed its personnel to adhere to constitutional policing standards across the command and desist from abuse of authority. The Commissioner of Police, in the State Command, CP Adamu Abdullahi Elleman, issued the directive during the command’s end-of-month strategic conference held at the Police Officers’ Mess, Minna, attended by Heads of Departments, Area Commanders, Tactical Commanders, and Divisional Police Officers. Elleman directed the outright ban on police involvement in land dispute...

A serving officer of the Nigerian Army, Colonel Mohammed Alhassan Ma’aji, has taken the Federal Government to court, challenging what he describes as his prolonged and unlawful detention without trial. The suit, filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja under the Fundamental Rights (Enforcement Procedure) Rules 2009, seeks his immediate release and ₦500 million in damages for the alleged violation of his fundamental rights. Named as respondents in the case are the Attorney General...