It is hope-filling that the Northern Establishment has thrown its weight behind the establishment of state police to tackle the disturbing waves of insecurity that have bedevilled the land for more than a decade now. The piece of news must be a thing of joy to all men of goodwill who have been sensitive to the plight of fellow compatriots …

All 36 states have submitted their positions on state police, with a majority agreeing on the need for state-controlled policing. Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani revealed this to State House Correspondents after the 147th meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC) at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, on Thursday. He said, “Today, one of the discussions we had at …

Governors of Ondo, Rivers, Oyo and Jigawa states have restated their commitment to state police. They said the fear of abuse should not stop its establishment. They also believe safeguards can be put in place to address such concerns. The governors spoke during the breakout session of the ongoing Annual General Conference (AGC) of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in …

The Speakers of the Houses of Assembly across 36 states in the country, on Thursday, backed the ongoing constitution review exercise for the creation of state police. The Speakers, under the aegis of the Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria, took the stand in a communique issued at the end of their meeting in Abuja on Thursday. The …

Lagos State House of Assembly has kicked against the position of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Olukayode Egbetokun that Nigeria is not ripe for the establishment of state police. Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa directed the Clerk, Barrister Olalekan Onafeko to write the IGP and the National Assembly stating that the state lawmakers reject Egbetokun’s position. Represented …

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, on Monday, said decentralised policing is not alien to Nigeria. He stated this in Abuja at the National Dialogue on State Policing organised by the House on the proposal to decentralise the current Nigeria Police Force and empower states to create and operate their own policing system police. He said that …

The House of Representatives will today hold a national dialogue on State Policing. Vice President Kashmir Shettima is expected to lead two former Nigerian leaders and top security chiefs to the one-day event, which will hold at the Abuja Continental Hotel. Former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, and former President Goodluck Jonathan will deliver special remarks at the event. …

Readers of my columns would by now be familiar with my advocacy for State Police. I have said ad nauseam and ad infinitum that it is an idea whose time has come. State Police, no doubt, will come with its challenges – is there any idea without its own specific challenges? – but the imperatives of the moment necessitate that we give …

Only 16 of the 36 states of the federation and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have submitted reports on the proposed establishment of state police, in view of the security situation in the country, the National Economic Council (NEC), said yesterday. NEC also yesterday endorsed the implementation of the $617.7 million Investment in Digital and Creative Enterprises, i-DICE, programme in the …

At the time the South West Security Network (SWSN) birthed the Amotekun corps in 2020, not a few Nigerians were suspicious of the perceived “aloofness” of Lagos State to the setup. The suspicion was fuelled by the fact that a South West regional security outfit without Lagos detracts from the spirit and collective aspirations of a people of the same …