LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), presidential candidate for 2027, Peter Obi, has called for the implementation of the State Police to be delayed until after the critical 2027 general election next year. Obi, while commenting on the recent passing of the state police bill in the Senate via his X handle,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s Federal Government and the 36 states on Thursday agreed on the need to establish state police to curtail issues bordering on insecurity across the country. This was the highlight of the meeting between President Bola Tinubu and the 36 state governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) at…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A retired Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Abubakar Tsav, on Sunday said that Nigeria was yet civilised and mature for states to operate their own police systems. Tsav stated this in a statement he personally signed and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi. He said that he was…
LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidency has described as false, reports that President Muhammadu Buhari approved the establishment of the state and local government police in the country on Monday. Reports had emerged that President Buhari made the approval on the recommendations of the Presidential Panel on the Reform of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The reports…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Delta State governorship aspirant has appealed to members of the National Assembly to facilitate the passage of state police Bill into law. Onuesoke who made the appeal in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti state during a workshop on creation of state police said considering recent level of…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate plans to amend the Constitution to allow for the creation of state and community police. Senate President Bukola Saraki disclosed the plan on Tuesday, three days after he faulted the country’s security infrastructure and called for the removal of incapable security chiefs. “Today, my colleagues and I in the eighth…