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THE POLICE AND THE NIGERIAN PUBLIC The Nigerian police is a security "personnel" and should have the interest of the masses at the back of it's mind, but the reverse is the case.  These days you find people getting in the employ of private investigators and security personnel. So I ask, does it mean that the Nigerian Police isn't capable of protecting the Nigerian citizens? Don’t get me wrong. The Nigerian Police is a superb force when it wants to work. Tell me, if a poor man and another poor man has a case, the Nigerian Police would not only conclude investigation on the case; they would charge them to court without wasting time. But when the case involves a poor man and a rich man (whahala), it would be in favour of the rich man. If it ever gets to court that means somebody somewhere is interested in the case. This is rare anyway. So that means different police for different category of citizens, but if the case involves politicians, this is a different story. The c

11 RIGHTS EVERY NIGERIAN SHOULD KNOW ABOUT Every Nigerian has rights, duties, liabilities and privileges, which are provided for in the hundreds of laws that exist in Nigeria. However, there are certain rights that basically trump all other ones. They are rights that are referred to as inalienable rights, rights for which the law has made specific and special provision. These rights are contained in Chapter IV of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and are officially known as Fundamental Rights. This article will explain what these key rights are, because every Nigerian really should know about these rights. 1. Right to Life This is the most important right of every Nigerian (and in fact every human being). The right that everyone has to ‘exist’, and no one can intentionally deprive a person of this right, either an individual or the Government, unless in the execution of a sentence of the court in respect of a criminal offence. In a nutshell, wh