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ALL Progressives Congress (APC) Imo State gubernatorial aspirant Senator Hope Uzodinma got a big boost to his campaign over the weekend when traditional rulers from the ancestral area of his main opponent Uche Nwosu endorsed his candidacy.

FORMER Ekiti State's Governor Ayo Fayose appeared at the federal high court in Lagos this morning as his case continues over the next three days over allegations that he participated in a N6.9bn ($19m) fraud while in office.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's campaign team have dismissed the recent endorsement of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar by several pan-cultural associations as their preferred candidate in this month's presidential elections as an irrelevance that will have no impact on the polls.

CODE of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) chairman Justice Danladi Umar has adjourned the ongoing trial of the chief judge of Nigeria Justice Walter Onnoghen until February 13 after today's hearing ended in pandemonium amid concerns that an arrest warrant may be issued.

OONI of Ife Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi has likened the Yoruba deity Oluorogbo, with Jesus Christ saying that they both ascended to heaven after being killed indicating that there are distinct similarities between Yoruba traditional religion and Christianity.

MEMBERS of the Lagos State House of Assembly have come under scrutiny after it emerged that their running costs add up to N28.8bn ($79.15m) under the tenure of current speaker Hon Mudashiru Obasa.

TERRORIST sect Boko Haram is planning to release hundreds of heads of cattle it has stolen from local herdsmen across the northeast as part of a move to attract public sympathy according to the Nigerian Army.

INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu has declared that the undue influence of Yoruba Muslims in the affairs of the southwest geo-political zone will bring about the demise of the ethnic group in the years ahead.

CHRISTIAN Association of Nigeria (Can) president Pastor Samson Ayokunle has reacted to the helicopter crash involving vice president Professor Yemi Osinbajo by calling on technicians responsible for maintaining aircraft used by government officials to be more meticulous.

CODE of Conduct Bureau (CCB) officials have refused to release copies of the asset declaration forms of some prominent government operatives including the chief of staff in the presidency Abba Kyari and about three ministers.