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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KWARA STATE ANNOUNCES MASS BURIAL FOR UNCLAIMED CORPSES, GIVES TWO-WEEK NOTICE. (PHOTO).

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 Kwara State Announces Mass Burial for Unclaimed Corpses, Gives Two-Week Notice


The Kwara State government has announced plans to conduct a mass burial for all unclaimed bodies currently stored at the Kwara State University Teaching Hospital in Ilorin. 


Due to overcrowding in the hospital's morgue, the state has issued a two-week notice to the public, urging families to claim their deceased relatives. After this period, the hospital will proceed with a mass burial to decongest the facility. The bodies, some of which have been there for over a decade, were primarily brought in from robbery scenes and traffic accidents.

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