By Muhyideen Jimoh
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‎President Bola Tinubu has signed the Nigeria Police Training Institutions Establishment Bill, 2024 into Law .

The law grants statutory recognition to 48 police training institutions across the country.
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‎The bill, sponsored by Sen. Ahmed Malam-Madori (APC–Jigawa North East), aimed to institutionalise police education, professional development, and global best practices in law enforcement.
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‎The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the law recognises five categories of police training institutions across the six geopolitical zones.
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‎These include Police Colleges, Police Training Schools, Police Tactical Schools, Police Technical Training Schools, and other specialised institutions.
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‎Prominent among the now-legalised Police Colleges are those in Ikeja (Lagos), Kaduna (Kaduna), Maiduguri (Borno), Oji River (Enugu), Jos (Plateau), and the Police Detective College in Enugu.
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‎The law entrenched Police Training Schools in key locations including Bauchi, Minna, Sokoto, Benin, Wanune, Calabar, Ilorin, Ibadan, Iperu, Jos, Owerri, and Nonwa-Tai.
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‎Others are in Oyin-Akoko, Ekiti, Gwaram, Malabu-Fufore, Bende, and several other strategic centres to expand grassroots training.
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‎Empowered under the law, Police Tactical Schools now offered elite operational training for units like the Mobile Police and Counter-Terrorism forces.
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‎These include Mobile Training Schools in Gwoza (Borno), Ila-Orangun (Osun), and Ende-Hill (Nasarawa), and CTU Schools in Nonwa-Tai (Rivers) and Gombe (Gombe).
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‎Other tactical schools include the SPU School in Kafin Hausa (Jigawa), K9 School in Bukuru-Jos (Plateau), and Mounted Troop School in Jos.
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‎Also included are the Marine Training School in Toru-Orua (Bayelsa) and Police Pre-Retirement Training School in Kudan (Kaduna).
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‎Under the technical training framework, the law covers institutions such as the Police Public Relations School in Lafia and its Abuja campus.
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‎It also includes the Central Planning and Training Unit (Jos), Police School of Intelligence (Shere, Kwara), and Schools of Communication in Kudan and Ikeja.
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‎Others are the Police School of Music and Police Driving School, both in Ikeja, and the Veterinary Training School in Abuja.
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‎Malam-Madori, sponsor of the bill, described the Presidential assent as a transformative moment in Nigeria’s internal security architecture.
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‎”The Act will professionalise police training, deepen research in security management, and align Nigeria’s policing culture with international law enforcement standards.” he added. (NAN)(www.nannews.ng)

‎Edited by Chioma Ugboma