States must move fast on state police

BY March 29, 2024

NIGERIANS might still have a long wait to experience effective policing. In a note after its monthly meeting of March, the National Economic Council said only 16 of 36 states had submitted memoranda to it on the establishment of state police. Although NEC, statutorily chaired by the Vice-President, refused to name those liable, it means

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