•George A former Deputy National Chairman, South-West, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George, has emphasised the need for state police to help in the fight against insecurity in the country. George, who was a guest on Channels TV last night , strongly believes that the introduction of state police will reduce the spike […]...
•Afe Babalola, SAN Elder Statesman, Aare Afe Babalola, SAN, yesterday, warned that Nigeria will remain perpetually poor if it fails to produce rather than consume more. This came as the Archbishop of Ondo Ecclesiastical and Bishop of Akure Anglican Diocese, Rev Simeon Borokini lamented that Nigerians are now subjected to untold hardship, repor...
•NNPC boss, Mele Kyari The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited says it has declared a state of emergency on oil production. It said this was a move towards increasing Nigeria’s crude oil production and growing its reserves. Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPCL, Mele Kyari, disclosed this in a keynote address at the opening of [&helli...
•Police The decisions of the remaining 20 state governors on the proposed establishment of state police are expected to be submitted within the next four weeks. This is according to the Director-General of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Asishana Okauru, who spoke in an exclusive interview with our correspondent on Friday, reports Sunday PUNCH. ...
The 36 state governors said addressing the issue of state policing was capable of correcting existing fundamental flaws in the nation’s security framework. They said the issue of state policing should be formally addressed through the ongoing process of amending the Constitution, reports. This formed part of the resolutions of the state execut...
The eight lawmakers suspended by the Zamfara State House of Assembly, yesterday, said they had been hounded out of the state by political thugs for exposing the increasing wave of insecurity in the state. They also said the House had written to them to return their official vehicles to the Clerk, reports The PUNCH. Zamfara […]
The Benue State Police Command has sealed the All Progressives Congress, APC, State secretariat in Makurdi. The force also stopped the Mr. Austin Agada-led Executives from holding its scheduled political meeting slated for today, Friday March 1 and Sunday, March 3, 2024, reports Vanguard. The meeting was called by the Executives of the APC wit...
•Police The Southwest Conference of Speakers has called for the immediate creation of state police and devolution of powers. The conference said doing so would address the hydra-headed insecurity and other socioeconomic challenges facing the country, reports The Nation. In a communiqué issued at the of their meeting in Ikogosi-Ekiti, the speak...
The organised labour in Niger State has announced an indefinite industrial action, beginning from today, Wednesday, February 21, 2024. In a letter addressed to the Niger State government through the office of the Secretary to State Government and jointly signed by the state chairman of the NLC, Idris A. Lafene, and state chairman of the [&hell...
•Some Nigerian governors A bill seeking the amendment of the 1999 Constitution to empower governors to appoint state commissioners of police scaled second reading on the floor of the House of Representatives yesterday. In the alteration to the constitution under consideration, a commissioner of police appointed from among the serving policemen...
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