Precious Nwonu, Enugu The National Assembly has clarified that only the proposed constitutional amendment seeking to establish State Police Services has so far been transmitted to the 36 state Houses of Assembly. The clarification followed reports suggesting that the various Constitution Alteration Bills currently before the National Assembly had already been forwarded to the state … [Read more…]
By SNC Nwagu, Esq The centralised Nigeria Police Force was never designed to handle the scale, spread, and complexity of insecurity that defines Nigeria today. A constitutionally grounded, multi-level state policing framework is not a radical idea — it is an overdue necessity. Nigeria’s insecurity in 2026 is no longer episodic. It is structural. From … [Read more…]
-By Daniel Ndukwe State police might mean safer neighborhoods. But can Nigeria’s institutions and shared values hold firm against the centrifugal forces a more decentralized model might unleash? Nigeria just took another step towards decentralized policing with the Senate’s passing of a constitutional amendment bill establishing the state police. Most of the discussions surrounding this … [Read more…]
By Dr. Samson Abanni The President’s recent directive to the National Assembly, urging the legislative machinery to begin crafting laws for the establishment of State Police, marks a Rubicon crossed. It is a sombre admission that the federal security apparatus—an edifice straining under its own weight—can no longer guarantee the safety of the interior. By … [Read more…]