Oluremi Tinubu heads Women Affairs as Saraki announces 30 different senate committees for the 8th Senate

The Senate President Bukola Saraki on Wednesday announced the chairmen of about 30 different senate committees for the 8th Senate. 

He is expected to name the chairmen of the remaining committee soon.

The list was read by Saraki during Plenary. He named Senator Ben Murray Bruce as the chairman of the senate committee on privatisation while Oluremi Tinubu heads Women Affairs; Senator Dino Melaye heads the committee on Federal Capital Territory.


Find full list of the committees and their chairmen below:

Boko Haram Bomb Threat Update: Government evacuates workers from secretariat

The Boko Haram bomb threats deepened in Abuja, the Nation's federal capital territory, Tuesday, as authorities evacuated more offices amid confirmations that explosives may had been rigged in public places a day after a car bomb explosion killed many people and injured 124 more in Abuja.

On Tuesday afternoon The federal secretariat was evacuated shortly after the National Assembly, which is located around the same district, was cleared.

FG Hosts UN Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay On Four-day Visit

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has arrived here for a four-day official visit on the invitation of the Nigerian Federal Government.

A statement from Kelechi Onyemaobi, a UN Development Programme (UNDP) communications specialist, said Pillay, who arrived here Tuesday, would have discussions with members of the government and civil society on the promotion and protection of human rights at the highest levels.

"It is the first such visit to Nigeria by any UN High Commissioner for Human Rights since the office was created 20 years ago. During her visit, Pillay plans to meet President Goodluck Jonathan as well as the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Interior, Justice and Women Affairs and Social Development.