POLITICS● ELEVATEDJun 26 · Jun 26, 2026, 10:21 AM
Nigeria's major police reform edges forward after senate approval
France 24 [en]
The Nigerian Senate on June 24 approved a bill to allow states to create their own police forces, concerns over the country's myriad conflicts were brought back into the spotlight recently after a mass school abduction in the typically safer southwest. But experts warn that putting Nigeria's 36 states in control of their own police could embolden the country's powerful governors in a nation where politics is already often violent. FRANCE 24's Sam Olukoya tells us more.
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