FORMER Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South Leader, Chief Edwin Clark has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to listen to the popular opinion of Nigeria by establishing State Police that forms one of the cardinal ingredients in a Federal system of government.

By Anayo Okoli, Regional Editor, South-East, Dayo Johnson, Clifford Ndujihe, Dapo Akinrefon, Henry Umoru, Samuel Oyadongha, Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Peter Duru, Dirisu Yakubu, Luminous Jannamike & Olayinka Ajayi LAGOS — President Muhammadu Buhari for the umpteenth time, yesterday, rejected the clamour for state police as a solution to worsening security situation in the country. […]

By Peter Duru – Makurdi The Middle Belt Forum, MBF, has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent comment dismissing the option of creating State Police in the country would only delay the actualization of the legitimate agitation of the people which would eventually come to fruition. The National President of MBF, Dr. Bitrus Pogu who on […]

The governors include the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, with his Lagos, Edo and Kaduna counterparts, Messrs Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Godwin Obaseki and Nasir el-Rufai.

CHAIRMAN of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, yesterday, called for a constitutional amendment to accommodate the Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Amotekun, as state police to tackle the security challenges confronting the country.