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State Police in Nigeria: Between Constitutional Necessity and Historical Fear by Lawson Akhigbe

Nigeria is once again standing at a constitutional crossroads. The growing insecurity across the federation, from banditry in the North-West, secessionist violence in the South-East, kidnapping in the South-South, farmer-herder clashes in the Middle Belt, and urban criminality in Lagos and Abuja, has pushed the debate over state police from intellectual seminars into the centre of national survival.

https://lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/09/state-police-in-nigeria-between-constitutional-necessity-and-historical-fear-by-lawson-akhigbe/

The Eternal Quartermaster By Lawson Akhigbe

Nigeria's army has been described as mighty on paper many of its soldiers 'ghosts' who exist only on the payroll, much of its equipment stolen and sold to insurgents."The Economist, October 2021

https://lawakhigbe.com/2026/08/01/the-eternal-quartermaster-by-lawson-akhigbe/