The Federal Government alongside the governments of the 36 states are considering the creation of state police. This followed an emergency meeting between President Bola Tinubu and state governors at the Aso Rock Villa yesterday. According to reports, Thursday’s meeting follows the recent hike in food prices, economic hardship, and rising insecurity all over the country. In other words, there is fear of widespread insurrection. Addressing State House correspondents after the meeting, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, explained that the process is still in its infancy and would only take shape after more deliberations between stakeholders.
Author: Abdoulaye Kay
ASHENEWS reports that President Bola Tinubu has charged the state governors to support local farmers to boost food production.
ASHENEWS reports that Kebbi state has recorded 25 new cases of polio virus in nine local government areas, the state Health Educator at the State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Yusuf Sauwa has disclosed.
In the face of the raging insecurity in Nigeria, the federal government in collaboration with state governments (Nigerian governors) are considering the creation of state police. This was part of deliberations between President Bola Tinubu and state governors at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday.
The Vice-Chancellor ofVeritas University, Prof. Hyacinth Ichoku has commended the Department of Software Engineering of the institution for emerging as the best in the African Telecommunication Union (ATU) innovation challenge.
The U.S. law enforcement agents has seized more than 720,000 fentanyl pills during a recent investigative traffic stop in Alpine, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced late Wednesday.
Weeks after Rasheed Adewoyin submitted his CV at the Dangote refinery’s security post, he was offered a job as a scaffolder at the fertilizer plant by an Indian company, Onshore Construction Company Pvt. Ltd (OCCPL), which was in charge of structural engineering, large-scale piping, and heavy equipment erections.
Nigerian government has announced its discontinuance of the treason trial against the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare.
ASHENEWS reports that Sultan Saad Abubakar has expressed worry over the suffering, insecurity, impoverishment, and unemployment experienced by Nigerians, especially in the North, and called on President Bola Tinubu to expedite action on the situation before the people revolt against the government.
The House of Representatives on Wednesday, allowed for the First Reading of three bills to amend the 1999 Constitution to transition from a presidential to a parliamentary system of government. The bills, sponsored by 60 lawmakers across party lines, are expected to be gazette for the Second Reading and will be referred to the Ad-hoc Committee on Constitution Review, chaired by Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu, for further legislative action.