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...
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EFCC ARRAIGNED GOMBE BOARD OF INTERNAL REVENUE OVER N47M FRAUD.{PHOTO}.#PRESS RELEASE.

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      The EFCC Gombe Zonal office arraigned one Aishatu Yakubu, Mohammed Musa Mohammed, Wesley Kumusa Audu and Mijinyawa Sani Labaran before Justice Nehizena I. Afolabi of the Federal High Court, Gombe on twenty five (25) count charges bordering on Conspiracy, Obtaining Money by False Pretence and Money laundering. The defendants in their capacities as former Executive Director, Admin and Finance; Executive Director, Tax Operation; Executive Director Tax and Audit and Executive Director Non Tax Operations respectively, allegedly connived among themselves to pay several allowances and benefits which amounted to N47million without government approval. They also raised fictitious contracts for which payments were released and diverted for their personal use. These payments were allegedly made from the national plate number account of the Board which is meant for remittance into the state IGR account.
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