{
  "id": 711956,
  "title": "State police: Presidency closes public submissions today",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/state-police-presidency-closes-public-submissions-today",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T23:56:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/state-police-presidency-closes-public-submissions-today/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Presidency has announced that public submissions on the proposed National Policing Bill will close by 5 pm on Thursday, August 13, 2026. Chief of Staff to the President and Chairman of the Presidential Working Group on the National Policing Bill, Femi Gbajabiamila, urged Nigerians to submit their views on the planned establishment of state police, emphasizing the need to incorporate the experiences and professional expertise of Nigerians into the proposed legislation. Gbajabiamila highlighted concerns over political interference, oversight, police misconduct, and intelligence-sharing between federal and state police services, stressing that the proposed state police system must contain strong safeguards to prevent misuse by governors.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}