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...

COAS FLAGS UP EXERCISE EGWU EKE III IN 8 DIVISION NIGERIAN ARMY'S AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY TODAY.{PHOTOS}.#PRESS RELEASE.

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      Today, the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General TY Buratai along with other eminent personalities formally flagged up Exercise EGWU EKE III in 8 Division Nigerian Army's area of responsibility at 1 Battalion, Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State.
Present at the flagging up of the Exercise were the Kebbi State Governor, His Excellency, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, His Royal Highness, Major General Muhammadu Iliyasu Bashar (rtd), Emir of Gwandu, some Principal Staff Officers from Army Headquarters, Corps Commanders, General Officer Commanding 8 Division, Major General SO Olabanji, Commander 1 Brigade Nigerian Army, as well as members of Kebbi State council and the State's Special Adviser on Security, Major General MD Isah (rtd). Others include heads of security and para-military agencies in Kebbi State, as well as officers, soldiers of the Nigerian Army and those of the Nigeria Police Force, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps and other security agencies.
Earlier, the Chief of Army Staff paid courtesy call on Kebbi State Governor, His Excellency, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu at the Government House, Birnin Kebbi and His Royal Highness, Major General Muhammadu Iliyasu Bashar (rtd), Emir of Gwandu and Chairman of Kebbi State Tradional Council in his palace.More photos below.
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