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  The southern French city of Nice was in mourning on Friday for the three people stabbed to death in a suspected jihadist attack at a church. A makeshift memorial has been set up outside the Notre-Dame basilica, where people have placed flowers and lit candles for the victims. French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday's stabbings were an "Islamist terrorist attack". He is to hold an emergency meeting with senior ministers on Friday. Meanwhile, security has been stepped up at places of worship and schools across France following two similar attacks within two weeks. Earlier this month  a teacher was beheaded in a Paris suburb  after showing controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad to some of his pupils. Mr Macron's subsequent defence of the right to publish the cartoons has stoked anger in several Muslim-majority countries. Following the latest attack, police shot and wounded the suspected knifeman, identified as a 21-year-old Tunisian who had only recently...

  The Act comes with innovations every Nigerian should know. Spare a minute or two to go through them: 1. The general objective of the Act is to provide an effective police service that complies with the principles of accountability and transparency, protecting human rights and freedom. See Sec. 1. 2. The duty of the Police is to prevent and detect crimes, protect the rights and freedom of suspects and non-suspects in accordance with the Constitution, the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights and any other law. See Sec. 4 (a). 3. Just like in the movies, Nigeria can now have private detectives who are not employed by the government. The Nigeria Police Force is responsible for vetting and approving the registration of Private Detective Schools and Private Investigative Outfits. See Sec. 4(i). 4. The Police is mandated to report the findings of its investigation to the Attorney General of the Federation or State as the case may be. See Sec. 32(1). 5. The Act prohibits the Polic...