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Rethinking Nigeria’s Security Architecture Through the State Police Debate

Posted By: adminon: July 29, 2026In: De-EscalationTags: Centralised policing, Federal Government, State police, The Nigerian StateNo CommentsViews:
Rethinking Nigeria's Security Architecture Through the State Police Debate

By Chris Kwaja Introduction The primary purpose of the modern state is the provision of security. Without the capacity to protect lives, property, and public order, the legitimacy of the sta... Read more

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Obafemi Awolowo University Don Cautions Against State Police in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: March 29, 2026In: De-EscalationTags: Crime reporting, IGP, National security, State governors, State policeNo CommentsViews:
Obafemi Awolowo University Don Cautions Against State Police in Nigeria

The idea of State Police in Nigeria has come under fire again. Tampering with historical structures of which the Nigeria Police is an example without proper understanding could be detrimenta... Read more

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The Urgent Need for Restructuring in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: September 09, 2025In: De-EscalationTags: Lee Kuan Yew, Malaysia, Nigerian federalism, Restructuring, Singapore, State police, Unitary GovernmentNo CommentsViews:
The Urgent Need for Restructuring in Nigeria

The case for restructuring of Nigeria is surely alive except that academics seem to have seized it from the career politicians since December 2023 when Prof Attahiru asserted the imperative... Read more

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10th NASS’s Critical Constitutional Conversation in Kano

Posted By: adminon: October 10, 2024In: Words and WorldTags: 1999 Constitution, Chapter Two, Federalism, Gender equity, Kano, NASS, Rotation, State police, The economyNo CommentsViews:
10th NASS’s Critical Constitutional Conversation in Kano

By Adagbo Onoja The September 27th – 28th Retreat of the Senate Committee on Review of the 1999 Constitution has come and gone. But it so fulfils the wisdom about a nation being an eve... Read more

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The Unbearable Cost of Living in Nigeria By NPSA

Posted By: adminon: April 09, 2024In: GovernanceTags: A Hobbesian nightmare, Doctrinaire free market, Global marginality, Multi-dimensional poverty, Ordinary Nigerians, Orosanye Report, State policeNo CommentsViews:
The Unbearable Cost of Living in Nigeria By NPSA

This piece by the Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA) is published in full to give readers the benefit of a complete text Preamble Nigeria is in the throes of a governance crisis t... Read more

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Can Understanding Plateau Killings Go Beyond the Commonsensical?

Posted By: adminon: December 25, 2023In: De-EscalationTags: Bala Usman, Benue State, Herdsmen violence, Islamisation, Middle Belt elite, Okwudiba Nnoli, Plateau State, Politicisation of security, Security architecture, Southern Kaduna, State failure, State policeNo CommentsViews:
Can Understanding Plateau Killings Go Beyond the Commonsensical?

Just as there is to be a sigh of relief about killings especially in Benue State, Plateau and Southern Kaduna, then came the news of the killing of about 80 persons in Bokkos and Barakin Lad... Read more

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Why Buhari is Implicated in Insecurity in Nigeria – Prof. Shadrack Best

Posted By: adminon: June 05, 2021In: De-EscalationTags: Atiku Abubakar, Fulani, Herdsmen violence, Islamisation, Politicisation of security, Restructuring, Security architecture, State police, Sultan of SokotoNo CommentsViews:
Why Buhari is Implicated in Insecurity in Nigeria – Prof. Shadrack Best

By Adagbo ONOJA That Nigeria is in disarray is not in dispute. The crisis has actually become an all-consuming affair in several ways: terrorists are still contesting the stateness of the st... Read more

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Flashback to: Why Buhari is Implicated in Insecurity in Nigeria – Prof. Shedrack Best

Posted By: adminon: January 28, 2018In: De-EscalationTags: Atiku Abubakar, Fulani, Herdsmen violence, Islamisation, Politicisation of security, Restructuring, Security architecture, State police, Sultan of SokotoNo CommentsViews:
Flashback to: Why Buhari is Implicated in Insecurity in Nigeria – Prof. Shedrack Best

By Adagbo ONOJA Central Nigeria says it is under attack from Fulani herdsmen and ‘herdsmen’. Credible leaders of Fulani extraction such as the Sultan of Sokoto and the Emir of Ka... Read more

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Why Buhari is Implicated in Insecurity in Nigeria – Prof. Shedrack Best, (Part 1)

Posted By: adminon: January 01, 2017In: GovernanceTags: armed gangs, Atiku Abubakar, Fulani, Herdsmen violence, Islamisation, Politicisation of security, Restructuring, Security architecture, State police, Sultan of SokotoNo CommentsViews:
Why Buhari is Implicated in Insecurity in Nigeria – Prof. Shedrack Best, (Part 1)

Why Buhari is Implicated in Insecurity in Nigeria – Prof. Shedrack Best, (Part 1) By Adagbo ONOJA Professor Shedrack Gaya Best did not just study Peace and Conflict Studies, he researched it... Read more

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