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Renowned lawyer and former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, has written a second letter to the suspended senator representing Kogi Central in the National Assembly, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, demanding a retraction of what he described as her "clearly false and unsubstantiated" sexual harassment allegations against Senate President Godswill Akpabio.  He said the latest letter became necessary, owing to the fact that the embattled Senator had failed to clarify the significant contradictions in her allegations against Akpabio, as demanded in his first letter, dated April 14, 2025. Agbakoba, who is also the Senate President's lawyer, made this known at an elaborate press conference in Lagos on Tuesday. He said, instead of clarifying the contradictions in her allegation that Akpabio sexually harassed her on December 8, 2023, and her exaltation of her alleged harasser on her social media accounts on December 9, 2023; Natasha...

The leadership tussle between the Governor of Benue State, Reverend Father Hyacinth Alia and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume has taken a different dimension as factional House of Assembly has been directed to begin an impeachment process against the governor and his deputy, Barrister Sam Ode. Recall that the thirteen suspended members of the Benue State House of Assembly on February, 20, 2025 held a Plenary Session where they unanimously elected the member representing Tarka State Constituency, Hon. Manger Manger as a factional speaker.  Before then, the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Hon. Dajoh Aondoana had on the 19th day of February, 2025 slammed a six-month suspension on the thirteen lawmakers, accusing them of going behind to do contrary to the unanimous agreement of all the Assembly members to suspend the embattled Chief Judge of the State, Justice Maurice Ikpwambese who was accused of multiple corruption, partisans...

Former Governor of Kogi State,  Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP) over alleged defamatory statements made against him by the suspended senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.  In the petition, written and signed by his solicitor, Mr. N.A. ABUBAKAR Esq, to the IGP on Wednesday, Bello called on the Nigeria Police Force under his (IGP's) leadership to invite Sen. Akpoti-Uduaghan to substantiate her allegation against him with credible evidence. "Where she fails to do so, cause her to be arrested and prosecuted in accordance with the provisions of the law for criminal defamation, inciting public disturbance and spreading false information injurious to public peace," the lawyer wrote. He said that the utterances made against the former governor were not only false, reckless and inciting, but "they constitute serious criminal defamation, false accusatio...