The sergeant-at-arms of the national assembly on Tuesday prevented reporters from covering senate plenary.
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No reason was given. However, a sergeant-at-arms barricaded the door leading to the gallery, from where the public and journalists observe proceedings.
A monitor in the press centre and online streaming platforms, as well as a Twitter feed for live updates of the upper legislative chamber, were also not working.
The public is only shut out of parliamentary proceedings during an “executive session” which is usually announced a few minutes before the senators go behind closed-doors.
The upper legislative chamber is resuming from a two-week break after the 10th session was inaugurated in June.
Apart from appointing its principal officers, the senate is gearing up to receive a request from President Bola Tinubu to screen and confirm his ministerial nominees.
The upper legislative chamber had earlier approved 20 special advisers to the president.
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