The National Assembly has finally cleared the path toward dismantling Nigeria’s 66-year-old unitary security architecture.

The Senate on Wednesday passed the constitutional amendment bill seeking the establishment of state police services across the country, marking a major step in Nigeria’s…

The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday approved a bill to allow states to create their own police forces, following lower chamber passage earlier this month of what could be a…

Nigeria's State Police Bill moves to state assemblies for approval after Senate passage. Learn about the dual policing structure and safeguards against abu

• Proposal seeks constitutional backing for state-controlled policing nationwide

The Senate on Wednesday passed a landmark constitutional amendment bill establishing state police services across Nigeria, a major step...

IN an epoch-making session that fundamentally alters the geopolitical and security landscape of the nation, the Senate, yesterday, passed a landmark constitutional amendment bill…

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has congratulated President Bola Tinubu following the Senate’s passage of the constitutional amendment bill seeking the establishment…

Former lawmaker, Senator Ayodele Arise, commends President Tinubu and NASS for passing the State Police Bill, dismissing fears of abuse and highlighting it

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has hailed the Senate’s approval of the establishment of state police, describing it as a historic…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's declaration of a nationwide security emergency and his call for constitutional amendments to enable states that desire State Police to establish them…

State Police: Arise Lauds Tinubu, N’Assembly, Forecloses Abuse By Govs

• Move’ll strengthen women’s security, expand inclusion, NGO tells Tinubu

Nigeria has moved a step closer to ending nearly six decades of a centrally controlled policing system following the passage…

Nigeria moved a significant step closer to one of the most far-reaching security reforms in its democratic history on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, as the Senate approved a…

The National Assembly has finally cleared the path toward dismantling Nigeria’s 66-year-old unitary security architecture.

27 years after Nigeria returned to democratic rule and decades after the country abandoned regional policing, the National Assembly...