Tag: state police

The senate leader urged the security agencies to work together as a team to track and apprehend all the masterminds ...

When a policy fails to factor in public response to its benefits and drawbacks, success takes the backseat. Ignoring public ...

NEC said many states are in agreement with plans to establish state police because virtually every state has security challenges.

Countries must adapt to changing times and not treat any age-old institution no longer able to effectively perform its basic ...

Mr Bamidele said Nigeria, as one of the world’s fastest growing nations in terms of population, could not continue operating ...

Nigeria currently runs a unitary policing system controlled by the federal government

There have been renewed calls from various quarters to create state government-controlled police in Nigeria.

The proposal to create state police and if possible local government police is consistent with the principle of true federalism ...

Most of the leaders spoke in support of the establishment of state police except the Inspector General of Police, Kayode ...

The state policing bill currently before the National Assembly seeks the removal of police from the exclusive legislative list to ...

The Nigerian lawmaker also talks about insecurity and the funding of the National Assembly.

It is a failure of governments to prioritise palliatives over the welfare of the people. Doing so is akin to ...

Federal lawmakers, who had been apprehensive about the potential abuse of state police by governors, made a 180-degree turn by ...

It should be noted that state police is not a ‘silver bullet’ or ‘magic wand’ that will take away all ...

Osita Okechukwu said state police could be abused by state governors, in the same way they allegedly breached other democratic ...

The bill seeks to transfer "Police" from the "Exclusive Legislative List" to the "Concurrent Legislative List," effectively empowering states to ...

"You will recall that as a Senator, I actually sponsored the creation of state police in the National Assembly"

As a student of and believer in federalism, I fully support the principle that federal political systems should have police ...

Mr Tinubu in a statement on his official X handle said he discussed three key issues with the state governors.

The governors reiterated the call for state police with appropriate safeguards to avoid any abuse by any tier of government.

The PDP governors said there is need for the decentralisation of the security apparatus so that they can deliver good ...

Mr Eno talked about ‘igniting’ the agricultural revolution in the state through integrated farms and investment in oil palm plantations.

Ebubeagu, Ebonyi State Chapter. I went through the long list of items contained in the Exclusive List in our constitution. ...

The 25 states have threatened to take no action on the bills unless four more constitutional amendment bills are considered ...

The amended bills were transmitted to the House of Assembly for ratification in March 2022.