•Sowore and Tinubu Justice Mohammed Garuba Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected the bid by online publisher and presidential candidate of the of the African Alliance Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, to tender uncertified documents in his trial for allegedly defaming President Bola Tinubu. The judge today refused the bid when Sow...
•FUD main gate A former lecturer at the Federal University Dutse (FUD), Dr Ramla Muhammad Kamal, has sued the institution and its Registrar at the Federal High Court in Dutse, challenging her dismissal from service and seeking N120 million in damages over alleged defamation and breach of her employment rights. The suit, FHC/DUT/CS/18/2026, was...
•Femi Gbajabiamila and Adeniyi Adeyemi Femi Gbajabiamila, the Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, has threatened a ₦10 billion defamation suit against Adeniyi Adeyemi, the disputed “director-general of the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC)”, over allegations of murder and bribery. In a letter signed by Kemi Pinheir...
•Omoyele Sowore and Tinubu The Department of State Services (DSS) has requested that a Federal High Court in Abuja orders that the presidential candidate of African Action Congress (AAC) and online publisher, Omoyele Sowore, be returned to prison custody over his inability to meet the conditions attached to the bail granted him. The DSS is [&h...
•Kwankwaso and Ayodele The vice presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Rabiu Kwankwaso, has threatened Primate Babatunde Elijah Ayodele of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church with a N10 billion damages lawsuit for failure to comply. Kwankwaso’s media aide, Hon. Saifullahi Hassan, posted a statement defending his bos...
The Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on Tuesday ordered the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project to pay N100m in damages to two officials of the Department of State Services over a defamatory publication on X. Justice Yusuf Halilu, who delivered judgment in the suit marked FCT/HC/CV/4547/24, held that the cla...
•Mercy Johnson Actress and producer Mercy Johnson has threatened legal action against online trolls and platforms spreading false information about her and her family. In a video on her Instagram page, Johnson revealed she had withdrawn charges against TikTok content creator Eedie Bliss, who alleged her husband bought a mansion for a mistress,...
•Isaac Umunna and Halimat Tejuosho News Express Publisher, Mr. Isaac Umunna, has written to the Founder of Haleems Integrated Services Limited, Dr. Halimat Adenike Tejuosho, demanding a written apology and a billion naira for alleged defamation and unjust disruption of business operations. In a demand letter dated December 30, 2025 and a made ...
•Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan The federal government has filed a five-count criminal charge of defamation against Senator Peter Onyekachi Nwebonyi, accusing him of waging a sustained media smear campaign against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who represents Kogi Central Senatorial District. The case, marked CR/547/2025, was filed before t...
•Governor Ahmed Ododo of Kogi State A middle aged man, Abdulhamid Deflowerboy, has been remanded for alleged defamation of Kogi State governor, Ahmed Ododo. Deflowerboy was alleged to be the author of some publications against the governor, reports The Nation. The police consequently invited him for questioning, leading to his arraignment and ...
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