By Hon Rimamnde Shawulu MOST NIGERIANS know that State Police is being proposed. What many don’t know is that there are TWO different constitutional bills before the National Assembly—and they are not the same. In this episode of The Other Side, I compare the House of Representatives’ Bill with President Tinubu’s Executive B...
By Kofoworola Fakeye, JKNewsMedia Reporter ON TUESDAY, President Bola Tinubu inaugurated the Presidential Working Group (PWG) on the National Policing Bill (NPB) to prepare the legal framework for implementing state police across Nigeria. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the President, represented by his Chief of Staff, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, ina...
By Owei Lakemfa My Lord, Honourable Justice Isah Dashen of the Federal High Court, Lokoja, was beaten to second place by his colleague in Abuja, Honourable Justice Peter Lifu, in the race for the judge that constitutes the gravest danger to democracy. Justice Lifu was so much in a hurry to claim the title that […]
By Babafemi Ojudu FEW ISSUES in contemporary Nigeria command as much consensus as the need to improve security. Across the country, citizens live with fear. Farmers are afraid to go to their farms. Traders worry about travelling on our highways. Parents fear for their children. Communities once known for peace now sleep with one eye […...
By Bola BOLAWOLE LAST WEEK, the Ondo State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Dr. Olukayode Ajulo, OON, SAN, made a very powerful case for state policing, insisting it is the panacea for the insecurity fast enveloping the entire country. One of my highly esteemed readers aptly summarised Dr. Ajulo’s submission thus: “Can Nigeria d...
By Ben Okezie TIIME WAS when Nigeria was grappling with an upsurge in armed robbery and a special police unit, the anti-robery squadron was created, its members given special training and later deployed to every state of the federation to curb the menace. At the time, while the battle raged between armed robbers and the […]
By Kofoworola Fakeye, JKNewsMedia Reporter PROGRESS TOWARDS establishing state police has advanced significantly, with a constitutional amendment expected soon following months of consultations among the Executive, the National Assembly and security authorities. The Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, disclosed this on Thursda...
By Helen Okechukwu, JKNewsMedia Reporter GOVERNOR SIMINALAYI Fubara has issued a stern warning to police officers in Rivers State, advising them against partisan behaviour that undermines their professional duties. Speaking at the handover of 100 operational vehicles to the Rivers State Police Command in Port Harcourt, the governor emphasized ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNMedia THE Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Kayode Egbetokun, has been urged to throw his weight being the call for the creation of State Police as a measure to address the rising spate of insecurity across the country. This call was made by a security and political affairs analyst, Prince David Adenekan, via […...
