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- 13-year-old boy spotted at a bar in Benue drinking bottles of beer - It was gathered that the teenager consumed four bottles of beer with a bottle of soft drink - The video was shared on social media by a Nigerian singer who noted his concerns about the scene he saw A Nigerian singer identified as Jumbee has taken to social media to share a video of an unbelievable scene he witnessed. The video showed a teenager lounging as he drank bottles of beer at a bar. The singer who shared the video on his Instagram page noted that the incident occurred in Benue. He explained that he had watched the boy as he consumed four bottles of beer in one sitting. Jumabee explained that due to his curiosity, he asked the young boy some questions. He said the boy told him he is 13 years old and after he asked where he got the money to buy beer, the teenager dismissed him. Singer Jumabee shares video of 13-year-old boy spotted consuming 4 bottles of chilled beer Source: Jumabee Source: Instagram

- The minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, says he is also hungry just as other Nigerians - Amaechi, who is the director general of the Buhari Campaign Organisation, says this is because the Peoples Democratic Party looted the nation's treasury while in power - Amaech says the opposition party has resolved to return to power to steal because it is broke and hungry As Nigerians continue to lament hunger in the land, the minister of transportation and director general of the Buhari Campaign Organisation, Rotimi Amaechi, has told Nigerians that he is also hungry. The minister, who said this in Bauchi on Saturday, January 12, at the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential rally, blamed the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the hunger, Punch reports. READ ALSO: NAIJ.com upgrades to Legit.ng: a letter from our Editor-in-Chief Bayo Olupohunda Legit.ng gathers that Amaechi accused the PDP of stealing money from the nation's treasury while the latter was

- Sixty-one political parties under the group, Inter-Party Advisory Committee, are taking INEC to court over the draft guideline for the 2019 elections - The parties will be filing the suit on Monday, January 14, the same day the commission is making a formal presentation of the guideline - The group claims the guideline does not follow the provision in the 1999 constitution Sixty-one political parties under the group, Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC), are taking the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to court over the draft guidelines for the 2019 general elections. The group’s spokesman, Imo Ugochinyere, said the suit will be file on Monday, January 14, the same day INEC will be making the formal presentation of the election guideline, saying the document is a controversial one, the Punch reports. READ ALSO: Just in: Panic in Borno as Boko Haram attacks Magumeri Ugochinyere said the reason for the suit was because some sections of the guideline were contrary

- Political parties with candidates in the next National Assembly election opposed plans by the INEC to relocate the collation centre for the Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa Balewa federal constituency of Bauchi state - The parties on Saturday, January 12, stated that they had made their position known to the electoral body - They claimed that any attempt by INEC to move the collation centre will contradict the subsisting judgment of the court and could constitute contempt of court Collision of chairmen and secretaries of some political parties that are fielding candidates to jostle for the seat of member representing Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa Balewa federal constituency of Bauchi have reacted to the moves by INEC to relocate the constituency collation centre. The seat is currently occupied by the speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, who defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This Day reports that the latest move by the commission is fuelling speculations that it is a plot

- Senator Dino Melaye has been slammed with the charge of alleged illegal weapons possession by the Nigeria Police Force - The police also alleged that a pump-action gun was recovered from Melaye’s house in July 2018 - According to the police, the offence contravened Section 27 of the Firearms Act The senator representing Kogi West at the national assembly, Dino Melaye, has been slammed with the charge of alleged illegal weapons possession by the Nigeria Police Force. The charge, marked, FHC/ABJ/CR/07/2019 was filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja. According to the Punch, the police said a pump-action gun was recovered from Melaye’s house in July 2018 during a search of his property in Kogi state. READ ALSO: 11 injured as thugs reportedly attack Saraki family residence The police said the offence contravened Section 27 of the Firearms Act. “That you, Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West district in the 8th National Assembly, on or about the 20th day of July 2018, at abou