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The governor described the establishment of state police as a critical step towards strengthening security, protecting investments and sustaining the ...

Atiku Abubakar accused the SSS of plotting to disrupt his Sokoto campaign launch, prompting a denial and an investigation.

The approval of the state police amendment by 28 state legislatures has satisfied the constitutional requirement for state-level endorsement, bringing ...

The approval meets the constitutional threshold of two-thirds of the 36 states required for the amendment to proceed.

The approval followed a unanimous vote by the assembly members during the sitting on Wednesday.

Kwara and other states have approved the proposed constitutional amendment to establish state police, bringing the number of supporting state ...

Nasarawa’s approval brings to 12 the number of state assemblies that have endorsed the proposed amendment

The National Assembly had approved the constitution amendment bill to establish the state police, but it still needs the support ...

The Presidential Working Group says Edo, Oyo, Osun and Rivers states have approved the bill state police bill the National ...

"Retired Inspectors-General of Police have visited me, and they have shown their concern,” he said. “We have deliberated, and they ...

The Presidential Working Group on the proposed National Policing Bill, led by Mr Gbajabiamila, has invited Nigerians to submit memoranda ...

The proposed framework will set national minimum standards, define state readiness and grant certification, clarify jurisdictional responsibilities...

In Akwa Ibom State, for instance, the governor controls the funds meant for the local councils, the state chairman of ...

Amid ongoing constitutional reforms by the National Assembly to establish state police, former military chiefs and other stakeholders have urged ...

“The conversation should no longer be about whether Nigeria needs state police but how to make it operational,” Governor Hyacinth ...

The House Constitution Review Committee says it may adopt the Senate-passed version with minor amendments to accelerate the constitutional amendment ...

As Nigeria undertakes this historic reform of its policing architecture, we must resist the temptation to focus only on decentralising ...

Fresh issues identified in the proposed law require a comprehensive review to ensure the framework aligns with Nigeria’s security architecture.

President Tinubu has described the proposed legislation as a critical component of his administration’s broader strategy to strengthen national security, ...

The governor said the initiative should go beyond creating new security structures to addressing the legal and financial frameworks that ...

“My own brothers were kidnapped in 2019, and these criminals were demanding at the time about N300 million. And I ...

The governor made these remarks as a panellist at the Arise News Town Hall Summit: Building a National Consensus for ...

The Ogun State governor described the initiative as a landmark step towards strengthening Nigeria’s internal security architecture

The groups stated that the bill would empower states to take direct control of security challenges and enable faster, localised ...