The Enugu State Government on Wednesday commissioned the Centre for DNA Forensics and Criminal Investigation (CeDFoCI). The Center strengthens the ability to investigate crime scenes, follow evidence, identify those responsible, and support law enforcement with world-class forensic science. The Center for DNA Forensics and Criminal Investigation (CeDFoCI) was established by a strategic partnership between the Enugu State Government, the Godfrey Okoye University, and the Nigeria DNA Learning Center. The Centre is located in Godfrey Okoye...

The Senate on Wednesday passed a constitutional amendment bill seeking to establish state police, marking a significant step towards restructuring the country’s policing architecture and addressing persistent security challenges. The proposed legislation, transmitted to the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu, was approved after lawmakers considered and adopted its 26 clauses during the Committee of the Whole. If eventually ratified by at least two-thirds of the state Houses of Assembly and assented to by the...

…Provision of the bill “empowers state governors to appoint Commissioners The Senate on Wednesday passed the Constitution Alteration Bill seeking to establish state police across the federation, marking a major step in Nigeria’s decades-long debate over decentralizing the country’s policing structure to address worsening insecurity. The legislation seeks to establish a state policing framework that would operate concurrently with the existing federal police system, effectively ending the Federal Government’s exclusive control over policing. A key...