•Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Disu The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Rilwan Disu, has submitted a framework for the establishment of state police to the Deputy President of the Senate, Barau I. Jibrin, as part of efforts to decentralise policing in the country. The police chief presented the framework at Senator Barau’s ...
•Tinubu (C), Shettima and some APC governors The push for state police gained fresh momentum at the weekend as rising insecurity across the country forced governors, lawmakers and stakeholders into a defining debate, with most states backing the proposal while others warned of abuse, repression and political misuse. From the North to the South...
The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has warned that rising incidents of kidnapping and banditry in the South-West should not be tolerated, stressing the need for stronger security structures to address the growing threats. The group’s National Publicity Secretary, Jare Ajayi, made the remarks during an interview on Frontlin...
•State police committee Nigeria’s police authorities are taking a new step towards strengthening the country’s security architecture as the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Tunji Disu, today inaugurated a committee on state police. During his inaugural Conference with Senior Police Officers at the Peacekeeping Conference Centre, Force Headqu...
•Tinubu President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday night formally urged the Senate to begin the process of amending the 1999 Constitution to provide for the establishment of state police, declaring that Nigeria must urgently restructure its security architecture to confront terrorism, banditry and insurgency. Speaking at an interfaith breaking o...
•Tinubu and policemen President Bola Tinubu has urged governors, members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and other governors, to support the proposal for the establishment of state police and implementation of local government autonomy. Tinubu made the call at the 14th meeting of the APC National Caucus held in Abuja yesterday. He aske...
•Some Northern governors at a meeting of Northern Nigerian leaders in Kaduna yesterday  Worried by the worsening insecurity across the country, northern governors and traditional rulers have proposed the suspension of mining activities across the region for six months. Giving the proposal in a communiqué issued after a joint meeting of the No...
•Police parade Amid rising killings, mass abductions, and growing security failures across Nigeria, several state Houses of Assembly have begun moves to consider the creation of state police, a long-debated reform that President Bola Tinubu last week urged the National Assembly to legalise as part of sweeping constitutional amendments. Nigeria...
•Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has renewed the call for a joint regional security outfit and the creation of state police. Abiodun made the call yesterday at a meeting of southern governors hosted in the state which focused heavily on the escalating security threats across the southern part […]...
•Police A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State, Prince Matthew Onyebuchi Agu, has strongly opposed the proposed establishment of state police, warning that the move could plunge Nigeria into chaos and deepen political intimidation across the country. Agu, a former deputy governorship candidate under the defunct Actio...
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