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Nigeria’s rule on single pregnant officers overturned

Nigeria's rule on single pregnant officers overturned

A Nigerian court has struck out a police regulation that forbids unmarried female officers from getting pregnant, local media reported. In a landmark judgment, a judge ruled that the regulation, which calls for the dismissal of any unmarried officer who gets pregnant, was “discriminatory, illegal, null and void”. It followed …

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