•Atiku and Tinubu Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has blamed the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration for the arrest and detention of Mr. Martins Vincent Otse, social media commentator known as VeryDarkMan (VDM). VDM was last week arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and has been in custody s...
•VeryDarkMan The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured a court order to remand social media activist, Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), pending the conclusion of an investigation into alleged cybercrime offences. VDM was arrested last Friday at a bank branch in the Wuse area of Abuja by a combined team o...
•Falana, Bobrisky and VeryDarkMan A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja yesterday struck out the defamation suit filed against blogger Martins Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan (VDM). Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana; and his son, Folarin popularly known as Falz; had filed the defamation suit against VDM following the comments and video he ...
•Mercy Chinwo and VeryDarkMan The Chief Magistrate Court, Wuse Zone 6, Abuja, has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of blogger Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), for “criminal defamation” of the reputation of gospel singer, Mercy Chinwo. The magistrate ordered the Nigeria Police Force together with other law enforc...
•Mercy Chinwo and VeryDarkMan The Chief Magistrate Court, Wuse Zone 6, has summoned blogger Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), for “criminal defamation” of the reputation of gospel singer, Mercy Chinwo. In the court summons dated March 5, 2025, Chief Magistrate Emmanuel Iyanna ordered the defendant, VDM, to appear in p...
•VeryDarkMan and Falana The Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has adjourned to April 15, 2025, the alleged defamation case brought by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, and his son Folarin, popularly known as Falz, against social media influencer Martins Otse, also known as Verydarkman (VDM). Justice Matthias Dawodu adjourned the case ...
•VeryDarkMan Controversial social media personality, Martins Otse, a.k.a. VeryDarkMan (VDM), was roundly criticised during the week for claiming that the alarm he raised last week about N180 million missing from an account maintained by his Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) was a “prank” on Nigerians. In a social media post early in the week...
•VeryDarkMan Popular social critic, Martins Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan has revealed that not a single dime from his NGO funds is missing. In a video shared today, the outspoken social critic expressed disappointment with Nigerians for accepting the story without proper investigation and for resorting to insults directed at him and his mot...
•VeryDarkMan Controversial social critic, VeryDarkMan has disclosed that N78 million out of the N180 million allegedly stolen from his NGO account has been recovered. The revelation comes days after he took to Instagram on Friday to raise an alarm about the hacking of his organization’s account, claiming N180 million was missing. However, his ...
•Martins Otse a.k.a. VeryDarkMan Controversial activist Martins Otse, known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), has alleged that over N180 million was stolen from his NGO’s account after it was hacked. In October, Otse launched the Martins Vincent Osei Initiative, raising over N35 million in donations within hours. Shortly after, he announced receiving a N1...

