Nigeria, June 19 -- The Nigerian government on Thursday arraigned Kogi Central senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on charges of defaming Senate President Godswill Akpabio and former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello.

Judge Chizoba Oji granted the senator bail after hearing her bail application shortly after the defendant pleaded not guilty to all three charges.

The case stemmed from her accusation during a live television programme in April that Messrs Akpabio and Bello were plotting to have her assassinated.

In the charges filed on 16 May, the office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, alleged that the suspended senator made harmful imput...