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All set for State Police as Senate passes Bill, erects pegs to prevent abuse by Govs

. Swears in 4 new Senators CHIGOZIE   AMADI The Senate on Wednesday at emergency plenary passed the State Police Bill. Recall that the Red Chamber received President Bola Tinubu’s Executive Bill on Tuesday, considered and passed it to first reading. President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio thereafter referred the Bill to committee on constitutional amendment for further legislative consideration and asked to bring back the Bll on Wednesday for further consideration at the committee of the whole.   Consequently, in a move to accommodate decentralized police structure in the ongoing amendment of the 1999 Constitution, the Senate has adopted clearly defined measures to constrain and prohibit state governors from using such powers for partisan, ethnic, religious, sectional, or personal purposes.   The upper chamber also pointed out that when eventually amended, the new constitution will authorize the National Assembly to prescribe national minimum standards relating to recruitment, training, vetting, promotions, discipline, use of force, firearms, complaints procedures, accountability, data management, and professional conduct.   Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, reeled out these measures while leading debate on the Constitution of...

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Energy NNPC Ltd cuts petrol price to N1,260

Energy NNPC Ltd cuts petrol price to N1,260 CHIGOZIE  AMADI Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), has reduced its Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), price seven days after Dangote Refinery adjusted its petrol gantry price.   A market survey on Tuesday morning revealed that NNPCL retail outlets in Abuja and environs have slashed their petrol to N1,260 per litre, down from N1,335.   This means the state-owned firm cut its fuel price by N75 per litre.   The new price has been implemented in NNPCL retail outlets on Kubwa Expressway, Wuse Zone 6 (Berger), and Zone 4 in Abuja as of filing this report.   Recall that on June 16, Dangote Refinery reduced its petrol gantry price to N1,175 per litre, which triggered a drop in retail fuel nationwide as a result of reduced crude oil prices.   Earlier, MRS and other Nigerian filling stations sell between N1,241 and N1,300 per litre across Abuja.

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The Senate, NNPC, and the Probe that Shouldn’t Have Been

    By Ben Ekori Since last year, the media have been awash with the story of the probe of NNPC Limited over alleged unaccounted for N210...
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