A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a challenge filed by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to have certain parts of the Nigeria Police Regulations struck down (NPR). In January 2021, the Nigeria Police Force fired Olajide Omolola, an unmarried female corporal, for becoming pregnant. The NBA subsequently filed a lawsuit, requesting the court to declare that the NPR’s Regulations 126 and 127, enacted under the Police Act, are in conflict with sections 37 and 42 of the Constitution, among other things. “A married woman police officer who is pregnant may be awarded maternal leave in accor…