Nigeria, June 18 -- The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Jabi, Abuja, on Tuesday re-scheduled the hearing of former Imo East Senator Chris Anyanwu's N550 million defamation suit against former Imo State Governor Ikedi Ohakim.

Judge M.I. Sani postponed hearing till Thursday due to Mr Ohakim's lawyer's absence from Tuesday's proceedings.

Mrs Anyanwu, 73, filed the suit against Mr Ohakim over a remark the former governor made about her in an interview he gave The Nation newspaper. The interview was published on 12 January.

She sued The Nation's publisher and parent company, Vintage Press Ltd., as a co-defendant.

The case was first mentioned in court on 6 May and was subsequently slated for commencement of trial on Tuesday, 1...