{
  "id": 10880653,
  "title": "Cross River Assembly begins debate on state police bill",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/cross-river-assembly-begins-debate-on-state-police-bill",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T06:45:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/09/30/cross-river-assembly-begins-debate-on-state-police-bill/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Cross River State House of Assembly has commenced consideration of the proposed constitutional amendment seeking to establish State Police Services across the 36 states of the federation. The bill was transmitted to the state Houses of Assembly by the National Assembly. It was titled: “A Bill for an Act to Amend the Constitution of the […] Cross River Assembly begins debate on state police bill",
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      {
        "outlet": "Daily Trust",
        "title": "Oyo Assembly passes state police bill",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/oyo-assembly-passes-state-police-bill",
        "published": "2026-09-30T05:11:57.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "J&K Assembly witnesses brief disruption over withdrawal of bill to increase MLAs' salaries",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/j-k-assembly-witnesses-brief-disruption-over-withdrawal-of-bill-to",
        "published": "2026-09-30T06:12:28.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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