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Nigeria mainstream press

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Details the clause-by-clause vote that renamed the Nigeria Police Force a Federal Police Service and created a parallel State Police Service in each state; notes the electronic vote system failed and the chamber switched to a manual roll-call, and records that well over the required two-thirds of senators voted in favour.

“The Senate passed the State Police Bill, renaming the federal force and creating a constitutional basis for state-level policing for the first time in Nigeria's history.”