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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POLICE ARREST 20-YEAR-OLD LADY WITH DRUGS AT IJORA-BADIA.(PHOTOS).

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 Police arrest 20-year-old lady with drug, recover firearm, live cartridges



Lagos CP replaces DPO, orders trial of officers over extortion

Operatives of Lagos State Police Command, led by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of  ljora-Badia, have arrested 20-year-old Aminat Ajayi with 103 wraps of Colorado.


Colorado is a brand of psychotropic drugs commonly used by many Nigerians, especially youths.


Spokesperson for the Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, told The Guardian, yesterday, that the DPO  and his team, acting on actionable intelligence, stormed the Whitesand area of Ijora, where the suspect was arrested.


Hundeyin said: “Investigation is ongoing. Reduction in drugs is directly proportional to reduction in crime and we will not relent. The lady will be charged to court. 



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