WIRE — A security analyst and public affairs commentator, Dr Bashir Kurfi, has been arraigned before Chief Magistrates Court II in Katsina over allegations of defamation of character and injurious falsehood. Kurfi pleaded not guilty after the charges were read to him in court. Speaking with journalists after the court session, his lawyer, A. D. Umar, said
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