While some are in support of state police, believing that it would go a long way in tackling the security challenges bedevilling the country, others are of the view that it would become a tool in the hands of state governors to silence perceived enemies.
If the bill is passed by both chambers of the National Assembly, scales through other constitution review processes and assented to by the president, the current police system will be decentralised.
It also means the Nigeria Police Force will be moved from exclusive legislative to concurrent list in the constitution.
Agitations for state police had prompted many governors, especially in the southern part of the country to form security outfits either individually or collectively.
Gulak was shot dead by assailants who trailed him to Obiangwu village as he made way to Sam Mbakwe Airport, in Owerri, the Imo State Capital, on his way to Abuja.
Data tracked by
Daily Trust on Sunday show a consistent pattern of attacks on military formations around the terrorists-infested areas in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states. During such attacks, armouries, vehicles and food supplies are usually looted.
For instance, between 2018 and the first quarter of 2021, the two factions of the Boko Haram have raided at least 38 military formations in the North East and in most instances carted away military hardware.
Insiders and security watchers say far too many raids have been launched on some military formations that have not been reported by the media. This is besides hundreds of troops killed by the terrorists during such attacks.
DSS, police, civil defence occupy property in Abuja, Lagos, others
They are on guard duty – EFCC
Some choice property seized by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) under interim forfeiture and investigations are now being used as accommodation and transit camps by their operatives and other security agencies in some parts of the country, Daily Trust on Sunday’s investigations reveal.
By Itodo Daniel Sule, Idowu Isamotu & John Chuks Azu (Abuja), Adelanwa Bamgboye (Lagos), Lami Sadiq & Maryam Ahmadu-Suka (Kaduna)
Hotels and residential buildings on which permanent forfeiture orders are yet to be obtained are some of the property that have been converted to use by the EFCC, police, DSS and civil defence officials.
By Ojoma Akor (Abuja) Clement A. Oloyede & Zahraddeen Y. Shuaibu (Kano) Lami Sadiq (Kaduna) & Risikat Ramoni, Lagos
As the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing industrial action by the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) continue to deny many Nigerians access to healthcare, experts have offered suggestions on how to eliminate health disparities and inequities to ensure a fairer and healthier world for every Nigerian.
The theme of this year’s World Health Day (which is marked April 7 every year) is ‘Building a fairer, healthier world for everyone’..
Dr Iwalokun Bamidele, head of central research laboratory at the Nigeria Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Lagos, said that there is so much disparity in health in the world at the moment.