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...

PDP CRISIS:IGP INTENSIFIES EFFORTS AT RESOLVING OUTSTANDING ISSUES,WARNS PARTIES SUPPORTERS AGAINST HOOLIGANISM.

                           In a bid to finding a lasting solution to the protracted crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party,{PDP},the Inspector General of Police,IGP Solomon E. Arase,fdc,NPM convened a meeting with all Stakeholders in his Abuja office on friday 17th June,2016,and called for peace among the parties,particularly Senator Ali Modu Sherif and Senator Ahmed Makarfi.After exhaustive deliberations,in the meeting that was also attended by the Director General of Department of State Services {DSS},Lawal Musa Daura,each of the factions0Sen Ali Modu Sherif's and Sen Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi's led factions agreed to nominate four representatives,each,for peace talks to arrive at a harmonized position within one week' while the PDP Secretariat at Wadata House Plaza and Legacy House should be under lock and key pending the outcome of the resolution.While appealing to the politicians to help in educating their followers on the need to act and conduct themselves within the ambit of the law,the IGP said the Force would not relent in its mandate to protect lives and property without fear or favour.-ACP Olabisi Kolawole,Force Public Relations Officer,Force Headquarters,Abuja.

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