A former Inspector-General of Police, Sunday Ehindero, has differed with the current IGP, Kayode Egbetokun’s opinion that Nigeria is not mature enough for state police. Ehindero,...
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, on Monday expressed reservation about the establishment of state police in Nigeria. Egbetokun, who spoke at a one-day dialogue...
Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State, on Sunday, ignited discussions on the financial implications of adopting state police in Nigeria. Sule suggests that governors may push...
Traditional rulers in the South-West geopolitical zone, on Thursday, called for state police and the use of traditional means to tackle insecurity in the zone. The...
Speakers of state Houses of Assembly in the South-West have advocated for the immediate creation of state police and devolution of powers to address the hydra-headed...
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi has backed the ongoing discussion on the creation of state police in...
Senator Shehu Sani has raised concerns about the potential misuse of the proposed state police system in Nigeria. He made his fears known in an online...
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF), has thrown its weight behind calls for the creation of a state policing system that will help in tackling insecurity in...
The former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology, Hon. Dachung Musa Bagos, has condemned the killing of four people in Miango...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum on Thursday declared full support for the creation of state police as a solution to the current security challenges...
A retired Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mike Okiro, has expressed pessimism about the clamour for a state policing system and the decentralisation of the Nigeria...
Worried by the increasing rate of insecurity in some parts of the country, pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has called on the federal government to consider the...
The Lagos State House of Assembly, on Thursday, reiterated the importance of state policing in order to curb insecurity across the country. The Lagos State Governor,...
A traditional ruler, the Olukere of Odo Oja Ikere, Oba Ayodele Obasoyin, on Monday called on security operatives in the country to work against the current...
The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, on Monday commended the Northern Governors Forum (NGF) for supporting the creation of state police as a solution to the...
The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, on Thursday urged the Federal Government to revisit the demand for state police in Nigeria. Akeredolu, who made the call...
The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, on Monday renewed the call for state police as the ultimate solution to the country’s security challenges. Akeredolu, who stated...
The pan-Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, on Monday urged state governors to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari and the leadership of the National Assembly on state police....
The River State Governor, Nyesom Wike, said on Friday the establishment of state police would be a first step in solving Nigeria’s security challenges. Wike, a...
The Presidency on Friday took a swipe at former President Olusegun Obasanjo over comments credited to him on the Federal Government’s handling of the country’s security...
The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Saturday demanded the inclusion of resource control and state policing in the ongoing constitutional amendment in the National Assembly....
Pan-Igbo social-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has expressed its disappointment over government’s rejection of the proposal for State Police in Nigeria. The reaction came after the House...
The governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi has thrown his weight behind state police, but argues that such a concept has to be well regulated for...
A former federal commissioner for information, Edwin Clark, on Monday described as unconstitutional and authoritative President Muhammadu Buhari’s rejection of state police in the country. The...
The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) on Wednesday faulted President Muhammadu Buhari’s position on state police. ‘ The President had earlier on Wednesday declared that state...
President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that establishing state police was not an option to resolving the insecurity currently bedeviling many parts of the country. He stated...
Members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the National Assembly have declared their support for the recent resolution of the Southern governors on the electronic...
The Zonal Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) South South has asked the governors of the South-South of Nigeria to push for the establishment...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors on Monday demanded devolution of power to states. In a communiqué issued at the end of their meeting held at...
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) on Thursday asked the 17 governors from the Southern part of the country to take their demands for devolution of power,...
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has re-echoed calls for the establishment of state police in order to effectively tackle the menace of terrorism and insurgency....
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has called for the establishment of state police in the country. The governor made the call in his second term...
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai has again added his voice to the growing call for devolution of powers between the Federal Government and the 36 states...
A bill seeking for an act to set up state police in Nigeria has scaled through second reading in the Senate. Senator Bashiru Surajudeen Ajibola, who...
Lagos lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Femi Falana, on Monday volunteered suggestions to guard against abuse of the much advocated state police forces in...
Governor, Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State, has faulted calls by Nigerians, including governors, on the need for the creation of state police in the country. According...
The governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has called for the establishment of state police which he says will end the current security challenges being faced...
The Adamawa state police command has confirmed the killing of an uncle of Elisha Abbo, the senator representing Adamawa north, on Saturday in the state. Suleiman...
Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Kayode Fayemi, on Friday explained why the governors failed to reach a consensus on the creation of state police...
The presidency has dismissed media reports claiming President Muhammadu Buhari approved the establishment of State and Local Government Police. In a statement on Monday evening, his...
President Muhammadu Buhari is said to have heeded the calls of many Nigerians for the establishment of State police to curtail the growing issues of insecurity...
Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku, on Wednesday, insisted that only state police can tackle the current rising state of insecurity in the country. Read also: House...
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Police Affairs, Abu Ibrahim, representing Katsina South, says the State and Community Police Bill will not pass in the National Assembly....
A move that may eventually lead to the creation of state police, as being canvassed by many Nigerians, has kicked off at the House of Representatives....
Former vice president Atiku Abubakar has backed the National Assembly’s resolution to amend the constitution in order to include state police and community policing in the...
President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has called for collaboration of the 36 States’ Assembly in the amendment of the 1999 Constitution to provide...
The senate has directed its constitutional review committee to initiate the process towards amending the constitution for the creation of community and state police. The resolution...
State governors on Wednesday evening met under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum. The meeting started at about 9pm at the old Banquet Hall of...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday canvassed state police as the solution to the wanton killings by suspected Fulani herdsmen across the country and other security...
