State Police: Reform, Risk and the Search for a Safer Nigeria

As Nigeria intensifies discussions on state police, critical questions about funding, operational independence and accountability remain unresolved. In this opinion article, Dr. Emmanuel Ejembi argues that the success of any state police system will depend not only on decentralisation but also on the institutional safeguards that protect professionalism, public trust and democratic governance.

Nigeria’s Youth Confab Is Being Replaced, Not Rescheduled

As Nigeria’s 2026 budget sidelines the long-promised Youth Confab, history offers a warning: when governments avoid dialogue, unresolved grievances return louder, angrier, and harder to manage.