ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
Updating your news feed...
NEWS EXPRESS is Nigeria’s leading online newspaper. Published by Africa’s international award-winning journalist, Mr. Isaac Umunna, NEWS EXPRESS is Nigeria’s first truly professional online daily newspaper. It is published from Lagos, Nigeria’s economic and media hub, and has a provision for occasional special print editions. Thanks to our vast network of sources and dedicated team of professional journalists and contributors spread across Nigeria and overseas, NEWS EXPRESS has become synonymous with newsbreaks and exclusive stories from around the world.
Senate President Ahmad Lawan and Speaker House of Reps, Femi Gbajabiamila
The Senate has adjourned sitting till April 7 so as to avoid the spread of Coronavirus pandemic in the upper chamber.
President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan, who announced this on Tuesday at the end of a two-hour executive session, said the adjournment was necessitated due to the Coronavirus epidemic ravaging the nation.
He, however, stressed that the upper chamber of the National Assembly will be on hand to attend to urgent national issues whenever the need arises.
Similarly, in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus, The House of Representatives has announced that plenary and other activities of the House will be suspended indefinitely.
The Speaker, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, made the announcement at the resumption of plenary on Tuesday.
It would be recalled that in a chat with THISDAY on Monday, The Chairman House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, said aside from barring visitors from entering the National Assembly complex, the House might review the need to stay at home for members and aides unless when it is absolutely necessary to meet. (THISDAY)
