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...

A SOUTH AFRICAN WOMAN HAS TAKEN TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO EXPRESS HER REMORSE REGARDING THE TREATMENT OF NIGERIANS IN SOUTH AFRICA. (PHOTO).


 A South African woman has taken to social media to express her remorse regarding the treatment of Nigerians in South Africa.

 She shared that after spending about a week and a half in Nigeria, she has been deeply touched by the hospitality she received, contrasting it with the lack of such warmth for Nigerians in South Africa. She pointed out that South Africans often become suspicious when they learn someone is Nigerian.


She urged her fellow South Africans to travel more, particularly to other African nations. While addressing the issue of xenophobia in South Africa, she made it clear that she does not hold xenophobic views and that not all South Africans do, though she acknowledged that many do have such attitudes.


Additionally, she mentioned that Nigerians tend to treat foreigners as guests, even if they are not directly hosting them.

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