Tag: libel
Court orders Abuja Inquirer to pay Kingsley Kuku N10m for libel
An FCT High Court in Maitama on Wednesday slammed a N10 million damages on Abuja Inquirer and Gazzetta Communication Ltd for libellous publication against...
Lai Mohammed’s N500m libel suit against Metuh for trial, court rules
The N500 million libel suit filed by Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, against former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) spokesman, Olisa Metuh, a...
Nigerian Army threatens to sue Premium Times over anti-Buratai reports
The Nigerian Army has formally written Premium Times to protest what it described as the online medium’s unwarranted serial provocative, unauthorised, libellous and defamatory...
Lagos magistrate accused of detaining woman vindicated as couple apologise over...
Oladipo Osijo, husband of the woman who was allegedly arrested and detained in Lagos on the order of Magistrate Funke Sule-Amzat, has apologised for...
Copyright infringement: Fadeyi writes Buhari, dares Lai Mohammed to go to...
Businessman and social crusader, Akin Fadeyi, has dared Minister of Information & Culture, Lai Mohammed, to go to court over claims that he (Fadeyi)...
Court orders Onyeka Onwenu to pay Okoroji N5m for defamation
A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja on Thursday ordered singer, actress and politician, Onyeka Onwenu, to pay the sum of N5million as damages...
Hulk Hogan: Gawker files for bankruptcy to avoid libel payment
Online news platform, Gawker, on Friday filed for bankruptcy and the company will be put up for auction after a judge ruled that a...
Take your libel suit against Metuh to mediation court, judge tells...
Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of an Ikeja High Court on Wednesday ordered that the N500 million libel suit filed by Minister of Information and Culture,...
Court denies Obanikoro’s request to gag Punch, Sahara Reporters, Premium Times
An Ikeja High Court on Friday denied the request of former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, for an order of injunction...
Lion of Bourdillon: Tinubu withdraws N150m libel suit against AIT after...
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Friday withdrew the N150bn libel suit he filed against DAAR Communications Plc, the...