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 constitutional amendment bill seeking to establish state police and local government police services alongside the existing Nigeria Police Force, writes Sunday Ehigiator

The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday passed a constitutional amendment bill seeking to establish state police across the country, a major step towards overhauling Nigeria’s policing…

* Proposal seeks constitutional backing for state-controlled policing nationwide

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…

The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday voted in favor of a bill for the creation of state police in a major reform that would reshape the policing structure of the conflict-racked nation

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday approved a bill to allow states to have their own police forces, paving the way for a major reform that would

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

The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday approved a bill to allow states to have their own police forces, paving the way for a major reform that would reshape the policing structure of…

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…

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…

The Nigerian Senate on June 24 approved a bill to allow states to create their own police forces, concerns over the country's myriad conflicts were brought back into the spotlight…

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.

The country's uncharted constitutional territory, a landmark reform, now devolves policing powers to all 36 states for the first time in the country's history. The move promises a…