{
  "id": 16263591,
  "title": "State Police: 25 Assemblies Approve Amendment, Bill Crosses Constitutional Hurdle",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/state-police-25-assemblies-approve-amendment-bill-crosses",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-24T02:01:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/10/24/state-police-25-assemblies-approve-amendment-bill-crosses-constitutional-hurdle/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The constitutional amendment seeking to establish State Police in Nigeria has crossed a major legislative hurdle, with 25 of the 36 State Houses of Assembly approving the 2026 Constitution (Sixth Alteration) Bill, surpassing the two-thirds threshold required for the amendment to proceed to the next stage. However, 11 States —Lagos, Ondo, Ebonyi, Kogi, Niger, Borno, Bauchi, Jigawa, Katsina, Kano and Sokoto — have yet to approve the amendment. With the required constitutional threshold secured, the amendment can now be returned to the National Assembly for transmission to President Bola Tinubu for assent.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Ripples Nigeria",
        "title": "State police soon to become reality, as 24 states approve constitutional amemdment (Full list)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/state-police-soon-to-become-reality-as-24-states-approve",
        "published": "2026-10-23T12:47:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Premium Times",
        "title": "State Police: 24 states approve constitutional amendment – Presidential panel",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/state-police-24-states-approve-constitutional-amendment-presidential",
        "published": "2026-10-23T22:33:49.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}