SENATE ADJOURNS EMERGENCY PLENARY ON STATE POLICE OVER REP’S DEATH.

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 SENATE ADJOURNS EMERGENCY PLENARY ON STATE POLICE OVER REP’S DEATH. The Senate today suspended consideration of the highly anticipated State Police Bill and all other legislative business at its emergency plenary session to honour the memory of Hon. Yaya Tongo, a member of the House of Representatives, whose death cast a sombre mood over the National Assembly. The upper chamber had reconvened from recess amid expectations that lawmakers would accelerate action on the proposed constitutional amendment seeking to establish state police across the federation, a measure widely seen as a major step in the ongoing effort to reform Nigeria’s security architecture. However, proceedings were cut short after Senate President Godswill Akpabio announced the death of Tongo, who represented the Kwami/Funakaye Federal Constituency of Gombe State in the House of Representatives. Hon. Tongo passed away at Nizamiye Hospital in Abuja on June 12, 2026, following a brief illness. His death triggered a...

GOODLUCK SEEKS TO EXTEND EMERGENCY LAW IN 3 STATES.

         Today tuesday,President Goodluck Jonathan asked the parliament for a six month extension of a state of emergency in three northen eastern states due to persistent attacks by boko haram.A state of emergency was declared in Adamawa,Borno and Yobe states in May last year and extended in November.President Goodluck Jonathan says ''The security situation in the three states remains daunting albeit to varying degress,in the face of persistent attacks by members of the boko haram sects on civilian and military targets with alarming casualty rates''.

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