The 1999 Constitution Section 217 (1) There shall be an armed forces for the Federation which shall consist of an army, a navy, an Air Forceand such other branches of the armed forces of the Federation as may be established by an Act of the National Assembly. (This section creates an Armed Forces in Nigeria….
The Task of Crime Prevention/ Detention Crime prevention and/or policing in every society is agreed across all schools of thought to be a very difficult task. However, a country like ours, it is more difficult considering the absence of necessary technology based apparatus of investigation like a collective database of all citizens and residents of…
The Police is a security agent recognised in different countries of the world for upholding peace and stability. Due to this important function, they have been granted certain powers by their enabling statute. For this article, we will focus on the power of the Police to make arrests and the rights a person has upon…
It’s a cool Saturday evening, you and your friends are at your house watching Liverpool V. Arsenal match. On a cool Sunday evening, you and your girlfriends are in your living room with a bottle of wine, listening and talking about that juicy gossip that just couldn’t be said over the phone when you hear…
Stop!!! Come down!! Wey your phone!!? Open am make I see…… An average Nigerian (youths most especially) at some point would most likely have experienced the scenario portrayed above or at least heard a narration of how security agents at some point attempted or searched through peoples’ phones. Thus, it’s neither a new thing nor…
Questions that may come to mind of many individuals facing the conduct of search by the police includes can the Nigerian police actually search me and my properties without a search warrant; Can I demand a search warrant be produced before the police conduct their search?; Can a male police officer search a woman and…
