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Evening recap: Senate sets state police deadline, Fani-Kayode rejects interview, other stories

The Senate has given four outstanding state Houses of Assembly until Tuesday, November 17, to submit reports on the proposed creation of state police.

Nigeria’s High Commissioner to South Africa, Femi Fani-Kayode, declined an interview invitation from the South African Broadcasting Corporation after protesting the exclusion of his speech from a livestream of a diplomatic ceremony.

These and other developments feature in Sunday evening’s PUNCH Online news recap.

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