Nigeria, Nov. 6 -- The Senate on Wednesday suspended the screening of Kingsley Udeh, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), as a minister, due to the absence of security clearance.

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, announced the suspension of the screening during the plenary.

Mr Akpabio said the exercise would not proceed until lawmakers received a security report on the nominee.

"The confirmation of the ministerial nominee would have been next on the list, but we need security clearance," the senate president said.

Security reports are among the key requirements for the screening and confirmation of nominees by the National Assembly. Such reports typically involve background checks conducted by the State Security Service (SSS) and...