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- Johnmary Jideobi, an Abuja based lawyer, sues Lai Mohammed, information minister, over an alleged claim by the latter concerning Onnoghen - Jideobi claims that the minister alleges that Onnoghen ran a suspicious transaction running into huge sums - The lawyer wants the minister properly sanctioned and ordered to apologise in two national dailies Johnmary Jideobi, an Abuja based lawyer, has reported sued Nigeria’s information and culture minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, over what the plaintiff thinks is ‘false’ claim against suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen. Jideobi alleges that Lai Mohammed claimed that Onnoghen ran a suspicious transaction running into huge sums. Premium Times reports the lawyer as saying: “I know as a fact that the defendant was extremely reckless in levying an accusation of gargantuan magnitude against the country’s highest judicial office and had no reason to believe in the truth of his assertion of traces of suspicious transactions ru...

- The seat of the speaker of the House of Representatives is now a recipe for contest between the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) - Southeast lawmakers of APC are asking the leadership of the party to zone the position of the speaker to them - However, lawmakers of the PDP are optimistic that the next speaker of the House will emerge from the opposition party The Youths Consultative Forum South East of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the southeast has called on the party's leadership to give it the position of the speaker. Speaking in Abuja, Romanus Oguleme, the national coordinator of the group said that the zone has credible and top members of the APC in the National Assembly to oversee the chambers, Vanguard reports. READ ALSO: NAIJ.com upgrades to Legit.ng: a letter from our Editor-in-Chief Bayo Olupohunda Oguleme said: “We categorically state that the South-East has two ranking members of the APC and these two: chairman, Hou...

- The European Union Election Observation Mission has said that there were instances of electoral malpractices in Saturday's re-run elections - The international observers said they also witnessed cases of vote buying and intimidation of voters - The organisations said party agents also interfered and political leaders did not do anything to control their supporters The European Union Election Observation Mission on Monday, March 25, said that it saw great interference by party agents and instances of vote buying in the re-run election held on Saturday, March 23. The mission through a statement issued on Monday, March 25, said it sent to all the five states that held the supplementary election, Vanguard reports. READ ALSO: Buhari appoints Jauro as NESREA DG The EU election observers also said that it witnessed a great level of insecurity during the electoral exercise as people were intimidated with weapons and security agencies were ineffective. The group of international o...

- INEC has postponed the date of presentation of Certificate of Return to Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Obafemi Hamzat - The electoral commission says the event has been moved from March 27 to March 29 - Sanwo-Olu had emerged as the governor-elect of Lagos state after polling 739,445 votes in the gubernatorial election The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos has postponed the date of presentation of Certificate of Return to Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the governor-elect of the state and his deputy, Obafemi Hamzat. The development was made public by the electoral commission’s public relations officer in Lagos, Femi Akinbiyi, The Guardian reports. READ ALSO: 2019 elections, a major source of embarrassment for Nigeria - Sen Okon Legit.ng gathers that Akinbiyi disclosed that the event was moved from Wednesday, March 27 to Friday, March 29. Sanwo-Olu had been declared winner of the Lagos state governorship election on Sunday, March 10. According to the electoral commission,...

- Conor McGregor, former UFC champion announces retirement after a career that lasted a little over one decade - The Irish fighter won Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight and lightweight titles during his career - McGregor lost his only boxing fight against Floyd Mayweather in August 2017 Mixed martial arts fighter and former two-weight UFC champion Conor McGregor has announced his retirement from the sport. The 30-year-old Irish fighter made the announcement on social media in the early hours of Tuesday. McGregor last featured in the combat sport in October 2018, when he was beaten by Khabib Nurmagomedov as the Russian won the lightweight contest in the fourth round. READ ALSO: Tottenham Hotspurs to install toilets for dogs at new £1.2b Stadium " I've decided to retire from the sport formally known as 'Mixed Martial Art' today ," he said. " I wish all my old colleagues well going forward in competition. I now join my former partners on th...