The governors of the 36 states of Nigeria on Friday said no position has been taken on the creation of state police in the country. The chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Kayode Fayemi, stated this at the end of a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Mr Buhari and […]
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The Senate on Tuesday said it would revisit calls for State Police and design framework for mopping up 350 million light weapons suspected to be in circulation within Nigeria. President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, made this known while welcoming senators to plenary after a three-week Eid-el-Fitr recess, according to the News Agency of […]
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The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in a statement released on Sunday, accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of attempting to deceive Nigerians ahead of the 2019 general election. A restructuring committee set up by the APC had, among other things, recommended that Nigeria should employ the use of state police. Although the federal government […]
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The Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Governor Abdulaziz Yari, on Monday said creation of state police would help in addressing spate of insecurity in the country. Mr. Yari, also the Zamfara State governor, said this at the end of a two-day summit organised by the Senate Ad hoc Committee on Review of Current Security Infrastructure in […]
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The Vice-President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo, while attending a National Security Summit organized by the National Assembly in Abuja, said: “state police is the way to go because having a centralized system cannot effectively secure the nation.” He said every Nigerian was entitled to adequate security by government and that the security failures of the government were not […]
Continue ReadingThe Vice Presidential Spokesman, Mr Laolu Akande, has said that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo advocated a deeper understanding of the current restructuring debate in the country.Akande in a release issued on Tuesday in Abuja, also said that Osinbajo had support for the idea of having State Police in the country, which would require constructional amendment. […]
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