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The House of Representatives has passed a landmark constitutional amendment bill to establish a decentralized state police structure across Nigeria. Titled “A Bill for an Act to Alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 to Provide for the Establishment of State Police; and for Related Matters (Sixth Alteration) Bill, 2026,” the legislation…
The House of Representatives will vote today on a highly anticipated constitutional amendment bill to establish independent state police structures across Nigeria. Lawmakers released the final print of the sweeping Constitution Alteration Bills on Thursday morning ahead of the decisive plenary session in Abuja. Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu confirmed that the lower chamber chose to…
Sixteen members of the House of Representatives formally defected from the African Democratic Congress to the Nigerian Democratic Congress on Tuesday, dealing another significant blow to a party already struggling with a protracted internal crisis. Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu announced the defections on the floor of the Green Chamber during plenary, with the lawmakers citing…
President Bola Tinubu has signed the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) into law. This landmark legislation, often referred to as the Kampala Convention, formally integrates the 2009 regional treaty into Nigeria’s domestic legal framework. The move aims to address the systemic failures in managing the nation’s displacement…
