Tag: libel
Court remands lawyer Dele Farotimi till December 10
An Ekiti State Chief Magistrates Court in Ado Ekiti has ordered the remand of human rights lawyer Dele Farotimi at the state’s correctional facility.
The...
Lawyer Dele Farotimi arraigned for allegedly defaming Afe Babalola
Human rights lawyer and activist Dele Farotimi has been arraigned before a Magistrate Court in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State on allegations of defaming the character...
UK court orders David Hundeyin to pay BBC journalist £95,000 over...
The Royal Courts of Justice has ordered journalist David Hundeyin to pay BBC reporter Charles Northcott £95,000 (N202 million) after finding him guilty of...
Court dismisses US-based pastor Adetunmbi Adewami’s libel suit against Arise TV
The US District Court in Maryland has dismissed a libel suit filed against Arise TV by a Nigerian pastor Adetunmbi Adewami for lack of...
Betta Edu threatens to sue BBC for $50m over report
Minister of humanitarian affairs and poverty alleviation Betta Edu, who is under suspension, has threatened to sue the BBC for $50 million over a...
Police charge former MFM chorister for allegedly cyberbullying church’s overseer Daniel...
The police have charged Ayotunde Richards, a gospel singer and former member of Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministries (MFM), over a petition from...
Geoffrey Onyeama’s ex-sister-in-law sues him for libel in US
Former Nigerian High Commissioner to Namibia Lilian Onoh has filed a libel suit against former minister of foreign affairs Geoffrey Onyeama at the US...
Toyin Saraki sues three for claiming she bought amusement park
Wife of the former Senate President Toyin Saraki has filed a libel case against three individuals in Ilorin for alleging she bought the Children’s...
Blessing CEO sent to jail over alleged cyber-bullying, libel
Social media influencer Blessing Okoro aka Blessing CEO has been remanded in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Services (NCoS) till May 30.
The police...
INEC chairman Yakubu threatens PDP with libel charge
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issued a warning to the PDP against making libelous allegations against its chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu.
Yakubu's chief...