The Lagos State Government has concluded plans for the donation of additional equipment to boost the operations of security agencies in the state. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu listed the items for donation to the security agencies in the coming weeks, while delivering his State-of-the State Address to Lagosians. Governor Sanwo-Olu also said additional one thousand, five hundred operatives…
The Lagos State Police Command has stepped up enforcement of the ban on Okada riders in six local government areas of the state. The Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has also set up a special squad for the enforcement, in addition to the work already being done by the Lagos State Government Environmental and Special Offence team,…
Recruitment bottleneck delays ‘swat’ take-off Recruitment challenges is delaying the operations of the Special Weapons Tactical Team, SWAT, of the Nigeria Police Force. This is coming six months after SWAT was created as a replacement for the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, following the EndSARS protest in October last year. The Acting Inspector General of Police, Usman…
The Independent National Electoral Commission says attacks on its facilities are threatening the conduct of elections that are expected to take place soon. Since the last general election two years ago, INEC said it has recorded forty-one attacks on its offices, including eleven by the so-called unknown gunmen in the South-East and South-South. INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmoud…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has raised an alarm about an alleged plot by some politicians to use the proposed amendment of the 1999 Constitution to manipulate the election process. Governor Wike alleged that those behind the plot intend to transfer the power to set up Election Petition Appeal Panels to the Chief Justice of Nigeria. Wike…
The Nigerian Senate has concluded public hearings on proposed amendments of the 1999 Constitution in twelve locations across the six geopolitical zones. With many Nigerians and groups submitting proposals on the changes they expect to see in the Constitution, attention now shifts to the National Assembly. On the second and final day of the Senate hearings yesterday,…