Tag: state police
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…