Tag: state police
We want state police, governors demand
The Nigerian Governors’ Forum have backed the call of the establishment of state police to counter rising insecurity in the…
Insecurity: State Police is the solution – Osinbajo
Nigeria's Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday said state police is the solution to solving the nation's increasing security…
Benue Assembly calls for support for state police
Mr Benjamin Adanyi, the Majority Leader, Benue House of Assembly, on Thursday moved a motion calling for the inclusion of…
Revisiting The State Police Debate
The debate over the necessity for State Police has been on for quite some time. Before now, the most vociferous…
Need For State Police In Nigeria
Nothing better justifies the need to now collectively push for the establishment of state police in Nigeria than the current…
Ikodoru Kidnapping: Lawmakers admit inadequate policing of Lagos
Eromosele Ebhomele Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday admitted inadequate policing of Lagos State following the…
Again, Lagos Assembly calls for state police
Eromosele Ebhomele The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday renewed its call for state police in the country. The…
Again, lawmaker calls for introduction of state police
Eromosele Ebhomele The lawmaker representing Lagos Mainland Constituency 2 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Moshood Oshun, has said…
Former DIG calls for state police
A retired Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG), Mr Chris Omeben, has lent his voice to the clamour for the creation…
Lagos, Traffic Robbery And State Police
Tayo Ogunbiyi It was like a scene from a typical Nollywood movie. The setting was the ever busy Ojodu-Berger axis…
Why State Police Is Not Ideal For Kogi
By Odunayo Joseph In my article on whether state police should be introduced in Nigeria published under various titles such…
Sultan, Wamakko call for State Police
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Saad Abubakar III and Governor Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto have advocated the creation of State…
Lawmaker lauds Confab on state police
A member of the House of Representatives, Prince Yomi Ogunnusi, representing Ijaye/Ojokoro Constituency in Lagos State, on Friday hailed the…
National Confab Approves State Police
Delegates to the ongoing National Conference on Thursday unanimously approved the establishment of state police, to adequately tackle the current…
Ekpu wants House of Reps scrapped, backs state police
Veteran journalist and member of the Committee on Politics and Governance, Mr. Ray Ekpu, has advocated scrapping of the House…
Confab committee guns down state police
Arguments upon arguments; motions upon motions is what can best describe the process that led to another adjournment on Monday…
Nigeria not ripe for state police, says Abubakar
Simon Ateba/Lagos Nigeria is not ripe for state police, the country’s top cop said on Saturday, adding that political interference…
‘Lagos Almost Running State Police’
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, on Tuesday said the state government was nearly running a state police with the massive…
Kano rejects state police, new states
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano The people of Kano, northwest Nigeria on Saturday overwhelmingly rejected state creation, state police and rotational presidency. Opinion…
Lagos Lawyers Back State Police
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Lagos chapter, on Sunday said that the establishment of state police would check the activities…
We Need To Fight
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, once again, came to media attention last week when he spoke at this year’s Leadership Newspapers…
State Police Cannot Be Wished Away (I)
By Rima Amadi Nigeria desperately needs to start enjoying the benefits associated with state, municipal and city autonomous and independent…
‘Jonathan’s Stand On State Police Defective’
The representative of Apapa Constituency 1 in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mufutau Egberongbe, has faulted the comment credited…
Ndigbo leader wants Jonathan check North’s Hisbah Guards
JETHRO IBILEKE, Benin President Goodluck Jonathan has been urged to check the activities of the Hisbah Guards in Sharia state…
Again Lagos ACN Makes Case For State Police
The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria has said that for Nigeria to effectively tackle the enormous…
Jonathan: Nigeria Not Ripe For State Police
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The national conference of the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, commenced on Monday in Abuja, with the…
Senator Faults Northern Governors On State Police
Fears expressed by Northern governors that the creation of state police could lead to the disintegration of the country has…
Committee kills Nigeria’s state police idea
Canvassing the same shop-worn arguments, the retired DIG Parry Osayande led Presidential Committee on re- organisation of the Nigerian Police…
State Police: To Be Or Not To Be
The call for an amendment of the constitution to provide for state police ignites a raging controversy and a sharp…
Governor Jang campaigns for state police
Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau state on Tuesday in Abuja, said that the creation of state police would enable state…