BBC (Kaduna) - Officers of the Special Anti-trafficking squad of the Nigerian Police Force on Thursday rescued 105 children crammed in a 15-seater bus.

The children whose ages were between 5 and 13,  according to the anti-trafficking agents, would have been “abused and molested”. They were found after a routine traffic stop in Kaduna on their way from Kano State.

The children were piled on top of each other “like sardines” say officials.

It is the largest number of trafficked children the authorities have rescued in one incident since efforts began to stop the trade in 2003.

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Abuja - The Nigerian Police Force has given strong man of Ibadan politics, Chief Lamidi Adedibu, a clean behavioral report in the ongoing trial before an Abuja High Court.

At the hearing yesterday in Abuja, Counsel for the Commissioner of Police (CP), Collumbus Okaro, told the court that the accused  person who was in court as pursuant to section 88(1) of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC), has been of good behavior and that he has strictly complied with the conditions of bail.

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Abuja - The Chairman of the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu (AIG) has been relieved of his position. Ribadu will proceed on a “mandatory” one year course at the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), even though his tenure as the commission’s Chairman was recently extended by the government of former president, Olusegun Obasanjo.

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Abuja - The least paid constable in the Nigerian Poilce Force will now earn N23,000 ($197 USD) starting from next year. The new pay package is part of the efforts between the federal legislature and the Police leadership in improving the welfare conditions of officers and men of the Police Force who are presently among the least paid government workers in the country.

It will be recalled that Naijawire.com reported last month that the least paid Policeman currently earns about N10,000 ($85 USD) monthly(http://www.naijawire.com/2007/11/29/nigerian-police-force-a-reason-to-be-corrupt/). While this is a commendable improvement in the wage structure, it is very uncertain that this increase will by any chance alleviate corruption or the problems facing the nigerian policemen, neither will it stop them from setting up illegal roadblocks for collecting bribes.

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Abuja - The Nigerian Court of Appeal in Abuja has ended the controversy surrounding public procession (protests/demonstrations) over whether or not there is a need for police permit before such processions can be undertaken by citizens of Nigeria. According to the ruling delivered by the the Appellate Court, presided over by Justice Danladi Mohammad, it is no longer necessary to obtain permit before embarking on any assembly as such police approval infringed on the fundamental human rights of Nigerians provided for in the 1999 Constitution of the Federal republic of Nigeria.

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