Nigeria Politics: State Police Reform, Election Campaign Launch, and Osun Tensions

The Federal Government has opened a two-week public consultation for the draft National Policing Bill, with a deadline for submission of memoranda before the executive bill is presented to President Bola Tinubu on September 3. Chief of Staff Femi Gbajabiamila, leading the Presidential Working Group, announced the seven-week work programme designed to create a legal and operational framework for the proposed dual federal-state...