Nigeria's major police reform edges forward after senate approval

According to France 24, Nigeria's Senate approved a bill allowing individual states to establish their own police forces—a move intended to address mounting security concerns highlighted by recent incidents, including a mass abduction in the southwest. But experts caution that distributing police authority to Nigeria's thirty-six governors could amplify the country's already-contentious politics, with powerful regional leaders gaining control of armed security forces.

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