•Police The Presidential Working Group on the National Policing Bill has commenced the drafting of the bill, following the submission of memoranda and position papers from Nigerians. The submission of Memoranda is expected to close today, Friday, August 21, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. (WAT), a statement by Chief of Staff to the President and Chairman, ...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has explained that the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja was excluded from the proposed state police arrangement because it does not have a governor or a State House of Assembly. According to the Senate, the FCT remains directly under the administration of the federal government. The Chairman of the Senate Committee ...
•Inspector General of Police, Tinji Disu The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Olatunji Disu, has disclosed that the committee that developed the framework for the proposed state police system studied India, the United States of America and Pakistan’s models before submitting its recommendations. Also, IGP Disu urged police personnel to take a...
•Tinubu The Presidential Working Group on the National Policing Bill, today said Executive Bill package will be presented to President Bola Tinubu on September 3, 2026. Recall that in July, Tinubu inaugurated the presidential committee to prepare the legal framework for implementing state police across the country, reports Vanguard. Chairman o...
•Benjamin Okezie Kalu Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, has insisted that the proposed establishment of state police must be driven by the imperative of protecting lives and property rather than serving political interests, warning that any decentralised policing structure must be insulated from abu...
•Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State Kano State governor, Abba Yusuf, has declared that the state is ready for the establishment of state police, describing the move as key to improving security and protecting lives and property. The governor made the statement yesterday during the inauguration of the Inter-Agencies Task Force on Drug Abus...
•Prince Adewole Adebayo Social Democratic Party (SDP) presidential candidate, Prince Adewole Adebayo, has defended the establishment of state police, arguing that it is a constitutional requirement in a federal system and that fears of abuse by state governors should not be used to oppose the initiative. According to Adebayo, policing is an in...
•Nigerian Senate There are discordant tunes over the establishment of state police, with some citing likely abuse by state governors, while others welcome the development as a panacea for insecurity in Nigeria. Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (Kogi Central) cautioned against the abuse of the initiative by state governments, insisting that any ...
•Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State Northern governors and traditional rulers have reaffirmed their commitment to tackling insecurity through stronger regional collaboration and support for federal security efforts. The resolution followed their joint meeting on Wednesday at Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, Kaduna, where they reviewed the region’s ...
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu yesterday inaugurated the Presidential Working Group on the National Policing Bill to develop the legal framework for the implementation of state police across the country. According to a statement by the President’s spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu, represented by his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, inaugurated...
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