As Nigeria’s security challenge continues to degenerate, Northern state governors and the traditional rulers councils have called for the establishment of state police as a solution to the problem. They made the call after reviewing the security situation in the North during their meeting which was held in Abuja. A statement issued in Jos on Tuesday after the meeting by the Director of Press and Public Affairs to the Governor of Plateau State, and Chairman, Northern Governors Forum, read in part, “The Northern Governors Forum on Monday, September 12, 2022, met with the Northern Traditional Rulers Council in Abuja and…

Aviation unions Monday paralysed activities at the nation’s airports following simultaneous protests over an alleged move to proscribe trade union activities as contained in the newly passed Civil Aviation Act. Thousands of passengers were stranded in airports across the country as many of them said they missed important appointments. Five aviation unions had last Thursday threatened to shut down the industry after discovering what they called “obnoxious clauses” in the new Act assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari penultimate week. They vowed to protest at all airports nationwide and picket the aviation agencies in Abuja and Lagos to demand for…