State Police
26 Feb
Mr. President, I begin with a question: where are your friends? I have heard complaints in your old circle of friends that you have abandoned them.
25 Feb
Nigerians seem not to be very happy with the parliament because of the way their issues are being handled at the moment, especially the last time you met with the Service Chiefs on the issue of security.
24 Feb
As the Federal Government and the 36 state governors mull the creation of state police, the groundswell of support for state police is increasing as some notable Nigerians continue to support the idea.
21 Feb
A bill seeking to alter the 1999 Constitution to provide for state police, yesterday, passed second reading in the House of Representatives.
20 Feb
A bill proposing the creation of state police forces in Nigeria has passed its second reading in the House of Representatives.
17 Feb
Critical stakeholders in the polity have thrown their weight behind the move by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to establish State Police as a means of addressing the insecurity challenges bedeviling the country.
15 Feb
President Bola Tinubu has said his administration is ready to cut all forms of "rent seekers" tied to imported food. Tinubu also insisted that his administration is set to tackle the nation's food security challenges by setting up schemes to boost local food production. “We cannot allow speculators, hoarders, and rent seekers to undermine our…
13 Feb
Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rose from a meeting, yesterday, in Abuja and called for the adoption of state police as a way of resolving issues of insecurity.
12 Feb
Governors' inadequate support for the Western Nigeria Security Network, code-named Amotekun Corps, in the face of rising insecurity in the Southwest, is a red flag for the fate that awaits routine calls for state police...
12 Feb
The National Assembly has disclosed that it will consider a legal framework for the creation of state police and for the gathering of local intelligence about the activities of bandits, kidnappers and terrorists.
11 Feb
To tackle the rising spate of kidnapping and other security challenges in the country, the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has added its voice to other groups calling for the establishment of state police.
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