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The Plateau State Assembly, Rt. Hon. The creation of state police as a long-term solution to Nigeria’s worsening security issues has been urgently requested by Naanlong Daniel, who has also called on the National Assembly to approve it.

The Speaker claimed in an open letter to senators and members of the House of Representatives on Thursday that the current security framework failed to shield people from persistent homicide, killing, and displacement, particularly in northern states.

Daniel cited the dire state of Plateau communities, including Bokkos, Barkin Ladi, Bassa, Mangu, Riyom, Wase, Qua’an Pan, and Jos South, where frequent attacks have caused serious psychological trauma to survivors, disrupted education, and caused severe psychological trauma.

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“The establishment of state police is a necessary step in addressing these security issues. We can ensure quick response and effective community policing, the Speaker said, by empowering state governors to assume responsibility for upholding law and order.

Daniel emphasized that accountability measures and national oversight frameworks can prevent misuse and keep state police from breaking the law, despite concerns about potential abuse of power.

He urged federal lawmakers to transcend political differences and place the safety of Nigerians first, noting that Senator Simon Bako Lalong, the former governor of Plateau State, had also endorsed the idea during his tenure.

Since late August, the Israeli military has launched an air and ground assault on Gaza City, according to the Israeli military, which has claimed 700, 000 Palestinians have emigrated to the south.

According to the military, “700, 000 Palestinians have evacuated” from Gaza City to the south of the Gaza Strip, according to AFP.

Since mid-August, according to the UN’s humanitarian agency, OCHA, 388,400 displacement movements have been reported, the majority of them coming from Gaza City.

Around one million people were estimated to live in Gaza City and its environs, according to the United Nations, who had declared a famine there at the end of August.

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In what it claims is a major air and ground offensive by Israel against Hamas after nearly two years of bloody battles, the Palestinian territory’s main urban hub.

“Over the past week, strikes in Gaza city have been particularly heavy, hitting IDP (internally displaced person) tents, residential structures, and public infrastructure,” according to OCHA.

Israeli strikes across the territory, including five in Gaza City, were reported by Gaza’s civil defense agency, which is a rescue organization under Hamas control.

11 people were killed by an airstrike on a home in central Gaza where displaced people had sought refuge, according to the civil defense.

AFP is unable to independently verify the information provided by the Israeli military or the civil defense due to media restrictions in the area and difficulty accessing many areas.

Palestinians were seen searching for survivors among the rubble with AFP footage from the days following the strike in the Al-Zawaida camp.

Nothing was left over for human use, according to resident Youssef Younis, who described the entire area as “destroyed.”

Ahmed Abu Dahrouj, a second Al-Zawaida resident, said, “We must end this war right away because we are going to die.”

According to the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza, at least 65 Palestinians have been killed over the past two years by Israeli military offensives, the UN says are accurate.

According to an AFP tally based on Israeli data, Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, led to the deaths of 1, 219 people, most of them civilians.

Former Member of the House of Representatives, Nkoyo Toyo, has identified the lack of employment opportunities as the main driver behind the Japa syndrome in Nigeria.

“Japa syndrome” is a popular Nigerian expression referring to the growing trend of mass emigration, especially among young professionals, graduates, and skilled workers who are leaving the country in search of better opportunities abroad.

“The lack of work is a major crisis and this is the most driving force of Nigerians going on Japa”, Toyo said on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Thursday.

“It is the most driving force of Nigerians going on Japa. You know, people are leaving the country wanting to seek better fortunes outside the country”, she added.

Toyo, who once represented the Calabar-Odukpani Federal Constituency of Cross River State, noted that in the 1980s, students would often get jobs immediately after graduating from university — a stark contrast to the current situation.

“When we graduated from the university back in the early 80s, we left straight from the university and we got jobs. But today, you can tell very easily that the lack of work is a major crisis”, she said.

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She further lamented that Nigerians who relocate abroad often face various forms of indignity.

“In those countries they go to, they are being subjected to all sorts of indignity, which we see in South Africa and in different parts of the world”, she said.

The former lawmaker also pointed out that many Nigerians are tired of repeated promises and being told to “wait”, stressing that what people truly want is a country that works for them.

“Nigerians are tired of being told that they should wait, they should give us time, they should also look at the future and the prospect that this comes with.

At the Trade Fair Complex in Ojo, the Lagos State government on Thursday began the demolition of unsafe and illegal structures.

The Lagos State Building Control Agency, Lagos State Urban Renewal Agency, Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority, and the Ministry of Physical Planning collaborated in carrying out the operation.

Jubril, the governor’s senior special assistant for new media, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, confirmed the exercise in a post on X.

He claimed that the action was to re-instaure order and enforce physical planning regulations.

He claimed that the operation was aimed at “illegal developments, structures without statutory approvals, defective structures, and buildings erected on road setbacks and drainages.”

According to Gawat, “The Lagos State Government has begun to remove illegal developments, structures without statutory approval, and defective structures, as well as those constructed on roads and drainages in the Trade Fair Complex, Ojo Local Government area.”

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