•House of Representatives The House of Representatives has passed the state police bill. This resolution followed the voting on the floor during the plenary session today, presided over by the Speaker of the House, Tajudeen Abbas. According to Abbas, 288 lawmakers voted in support of the bill, while four were against it, a day after […]...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has pledged to commence urgent deliberations on the establishment of state police this week as part of efforts to address the growing insecurity across the country. Speaking at a media briefing with Senate correspondents, the Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, stated that the matter had gained priority among o...
•Police Nigeria is moving closer to establishing state police, with progress made towards the constitutional framework required to decentralise policing, the presidency has said. The development follows months of consultations involving the Presidency, the National Assembly, and security authorities aimed at strengthening the country’s securit...
•House of Representatives In a bid to ensure the well-being of the citizenry, the House of Representatives has called for the immediate implementation of state policing and other structural security reforms following the kidnapping of pupils and teachers in Orire Local Government Area of Oyo State and the killing of a teacher, Michael Oyedokun...
•Nigerian Senate Leader of the Senate, Opeyemi Bamidele, yesterday condemned the abduction of 87 students and teachers in Borno and Oyo states within 24 hours. Bamidele, also Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, added that the recent abduction accentuated the need to expedite the establishment of state ...
Details have emerged on the emerging framework for state police being reviewed by governors under the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) Secretariat, as part of ongoing preparations for anticipated constitutional amendments. In a communique issued after their meeting on April 22 in Abuja, the governors referenced a draft state police framework dev...
•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...
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