SENATE ADJOURNS EMERGENCY PLENARY ON STATE POLICE OVER REP’S DEATH.
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...
According to sources a man identified as Wang Qi,entered India by mistake 50 years ago,when he was caught building roads for the Chinese Army in 1963,shortly after the Sino-India War of 1962.In India he worked in a flour mill and married a local woman,raising a family,but was not provided with the necessary paperwork to leave.But his case was made public and he was visited by Chinese diplomats who promised to take him back.He has since been given a document by the Indian Foreign Ministry saying he is cleared to leave and his family have all been issued Indian passports.


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