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State police is not the answer, restructuring Nigeria is

By OBIAGELI EZEKWESILI The Tinubu administration’s renewed push for state police has reopened one of the most consequential public-policy debates in Nigeria’s democratic history. The proposal has gained momentum because it speaks directly to a painful reality confronting millions of Nigerians. The country’s security architecture is failing. Terrorism, banditry, kidnapping, violent extremism, communal conflicts, and organised […]

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Lagos CP allays fears over terror threat at Pan-Atlantic University, deploys drones

Commissioner ofPolice, Lagos State Command, CP Olohundare Jimoh, yesterday conducted an on-the-spot security assessment at Pan-Atlantic University, Lekki, following the circulation of a viral video showing two masked individuals emerging from a forest area adjoining the institution.

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June 12: Nigeria’s annual ritual of glorifying a sham ‘democracy’, by Olu Fasan

The decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to name June 12 as Nigeria’s “Democracy Day” was motivated by self-serving politics, not principled conviction. Before he became president in 2015, Buhari never once publicly condemned the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election. However, in 2018, as he prepared to seek re-election the following year and faced […]

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