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The State Police Bill is currently being considered. Every interested person should come out now and air their opinions. Submit memoranda and attend public hearings. It’s not when the Bill is passed and assented to that you will suddenly find your voice
STATE POLICE BILL
Nigeria stands at a critical crossroad as it confronts terrorism, insurgency, banditry, kidnapping and other social vices that threaten the security of lives and properties and the very existence of the Nigerian state.
At this juncture, the Presidency and the National Assembly is working on the establishment of State Police to complement the long-existing but rather inadequate federal efforts in confronting the national menace of insecurity.
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After the US airstrike in Tangaza, Sokoto State, authorities said the terrorists had been neutralised.
Using on-the-ground reporting, satellite intelligence, and geospatial analysis, we assessed the effectiveness of the airstrike.
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The week has been challenging for West African countries, especially Nigeria, which faces multiple crises involving its neighbours. Any progress made in the Benin Republic risks being undone in Burkina Faso. open.substack.com/pub/thedaw…
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The recently signed agreement between the Federal Government and ASUU prevents a looming nationwide strike. However, that delay may only be short-lived, and far from a permanent end to it, as many would be hoping for. It is a matter of when, not if.
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65 nominees in total, with 34 of them (52%) being career ambassadors. If this is sustained, it will be a reversal from recent times where Nigeria has had more non-career ambassadors instead of at least 70% career ones
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44 more nominations left to find out.
Tinubu seeks Senate Confirmation Of Ibas, 64 Other Nominees As Ambassadors
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It has been a long four weeks in Nigeria since Trump dropped a bombshell, which has kick-started a flurry of changes: from police reforms to the resignation of the Minister of Defence and his quick replacement. Let's unpack it all here. open.substack.com/pub/thedaw…
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It has taken over two years and a diplomatic crisis for President Tinubu to finally nominate his ambassadors, but there is more than a wrinkle with quite a number of his nominees: fraud accusations, domestic violence & terrible optics. open.substack.com/pub/thedaw…
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Exactly as we had predicted
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Nigerian President Tinubu approved the creation of the US-Nigeria Joint Working Group, a framework for strengthening and boosting military cooperation with the US in counter-terrorism action in Nigeria, focusing on the fastest growing threat in the country: the Islamic State, then bandits and al-Qaeda affiliates.
National Security Adviser Ribadu will be leading the Nigerian side of the US-Nigeria military alliance, in cooperation with other members of the Nigerian government including the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief of Defence Staff and more.
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A fake news report on open grazing caused premature excitement among many Nigerians who want to see it happen, but plans are afoot to make it a reality. The question is whether that alone will be enough.
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BREAKING: Tinubu orders withdrawal of police from VIP escorts
President Bola Tinubu has ordered the immediate withdrawal of police officers attached to VIPs across the country.
A statement on Sunday by Bayo Onanuga, the president’s special adviser on information and strategy, said Tinubu directed that the officers be redeployed to core policing duties in communities.
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President Tinubu's latest orders to withdraw police protection from VIPs and to recruit 30,000 more officers into the Nigeria Police Force are good first steps, but they don't go far enough to overhaul the policing system.
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Looks like today's edition of our newsletter was a prescient one seeing as it is playing out exactly as we said it would 🙂
US to speed up arms requests, share intelligence with Nigeria, says presidency
The presidency says Nigeria and the United States have agreed to establish a Joint Working Group to enhance counterterrorism operations and deepen security cooperation between both countries.
The decision followed a series of high-level engagements in Washington, DC, last week between senior US officials and a Nigerian delegation led by Nuhu Ribadu, the national security adviser (NSA).
The meetings involved the US Congress, the State Department, the National Security Council, the Department of War and the White House Faith Office.
A statement on Monday by Bayo Onanuga, special adviser on information and strategy to the president, said the US affirmed its readiness to deepen security cooperation with Nigeria.
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The debate over whether the violence in Nigeria is targeted specifically at Christians continues to rage on, but a flurry of activities last week in the US over the matter shows a slight change in America's rhetoric, providing an opportunity for Nigeria. open.substack.com/pub/thedaw…
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One of Nigeria's most closely watched trials, that of Nnamdi Kanu, has come to an initial conclusion. However, the judgment does not foreclose the issue at stake that has given rise to it, and justice is yet to be done. open.substack.com/pub/thedaw…
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*brigadier general
The execution of a general, the abduction of 25 schoolgirls, and an attack on a church captured live on camera, all within days of each other, have jolted us back to the reality of how perennial Nigeria's insecurity is.
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The execution of a general, the abduction of 25 schoolgirls, and an attack on a church captured live on camera, all within days of each other, have jolted us back to the reality of how perennial Nigeria's insecurity is.
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Nigeria's biggest opposition party, @OfficialPDPNig, was hoping to put its problems behind it after its convention over the weekend, but it has likely only succeeded in making them way worse. open.substack.com/pub/thedaw…
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The brilliant analysis on the lopsided policymaking that is about to gift the Dangote Refinery a protected market featured heavily in today's edition of our newsletter
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The cancellation of the proposed 15% import duty on petrol reveals a lot about the production of an essential commodity, but also government policies that make the bulk of the people poorer while a few people become way richer.
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The Federal Government's effort to have former Deputy Senate President Ekweremadu serve his remaining sentence in Nigeria reveals a stark difference in how the political class treats its members and 'common' citizens. open.substack.com/pub/thedaw…
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