One of the most dangerous distortions of justice in Nigeria today is not merely police brutality; it is the quiet, routine way Magistrate Courts are used to sanitise illegality. When courts that ought to be the first line of protection for...
Learn moreThe Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) has petitioned the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 16, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, over the alleged unlawful detention and extortion of a businessman, Mr. Christopher Precious...
Learn moreAs Nigerians exchange compliments of the season and look ahead with cautious hope, the year 2025 will linger in our collective memory as one of the most tragic and unsettling in recent history. From the North to the South, insecurity has...
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The Nigeria Police Act, 2020, signed into law on 15 September 2020, represents the most ambitious attempt in nearly eight decades to reform policing in Nigeria. With 142 sections divided into 17 parts, it replaces the colonial-era Police Act of...
Learn moreNigeria’s policing crisis is often discussed in terms of brutality, torture, and unlawful killings. Less discussed, but equally destructive, is the systematic theft and conversion of recovered property by police units, a practice that turns law...
Learn moreThe Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) has joined the global community to mark Human Rights Day 2025, celebrated under the theme “Human Rights, Our Everyday Essentials.” According to RULAAC’s Executive Director, Okechukwu...
Learn moreThe Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre, RULAAC is raising a serious alarm over a deeply disturbing case involving the alleged defilement of a 9-year-old girl, Miss Nmesoma Chiwike, by a 60-year-old man, Mr. Okechukwu Azuagu, a...
Learn moreIn the public debate about the horrors associated with the now-notorious Tiger Base in Owerri, many Nigerians – whether out of ignorance or deliberate obfuscation – have attempted to attribute the enclave’s legacy of abuse solely to the...
Learn moreFor a country that styles itself as the “Giant of Africa” and a leader in regional integration, Nigeria continues to disgracefully undermine the rule of law by openly refusing to comply with binding decisions of the ECOWAS Community Court of...
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