Rights are not gifts from governments. They are recognised protections — limits on what the state, institutions, and other people can do to you without your consent or without legal justification. In Nigeria, your rights are primarily contained in Chapter IV of the 1999 Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land. This means no law, policy, or instruction from any official can lawfully override those rights. But rights only protect you if you know you have them. A police officer who exceeds his authority relies on the fact that most people do not know what that authority is. A school that enforces an unlawful policy relies on students not knowing their alternatives. Knowledge of your rights is not just academic — it is protective.