Senate passes State Police Bill, grants governors power to appoint Commissioners

Dailynigerian | 25-06-2026 05:57am |

The Senate on Wednesday passed the State Police Bill, marking a significant step towards the decentralisation of policing in Nigeria and potentially altering the country’s security architecture. The bill, titled “A Bill for an Act to Alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to Provide for the Establishment of State Police and

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