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The Big 5: Ruga settlement is to resolve farmer/herder conflicts – Presidency; Atiku slams N2.5bn libel suit against Buhari’s aide | Other top stories

Here are the ones we saw today: No media blackmail can stop Saraki’s prosecution – EFCC The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said no amount of media campaign against its acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu, will stop the prosecution of the former President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki. Ruga settlement is to resolve farmer/herder conflicts – Presidency... Read More

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August 17, 2017

Sahara Reporters asks court to set aside judgement awarding N4bn to Saraki

Online news website, Sahara Reporters, has asked a Kwara state high court to set aside the judgment which awarded N4 billion to Senate President Bukola Saraki in a libel suit. Reference: The N4 billion was awarded by the court after Sahara Reporters was found guilty of defamation. In July, Sikiru Adeyinka Oyinloye, the judge who... Read More

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Libel: I will collect my N4bn from SaharaReporters – Saraki

Senate President Bukola Saraki has said he would collect every penny of the N4 billion awarded to him against publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore. A court had awarded N4 billion to Saraki on Thursday in a lawsuit against SaharaReporters for series of libelous articles against him. In a statement signed by his Special Adviser on... Read More

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NPA MD files N1bn libel suit against Breaking Times

by Dolapo Adelana The managing director of Nigerian Ports Authority, Mrs Hadiza Bala Usman has instituted a N1 billion libel suit against an online medium, The Breaking Times Communication Nig Ltd and its publisher, Prince Henry Nwazuruahu Shield. Usman dragged the medium to a high court of the Federal Capital Territory for publishing a libelous, false,... Read More

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Magu writes Sun Newspaper, demands N5bn for libel

by Dolapo Adelana The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, is seeking a N5 billion compensation from the publishers of The SUN newspaper, for “libelous imputations and statements” made against him in a story published on the March 25, 2017 edition of the Saturday Sun , captioned “Magu Under... Read More

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Melaye is no different from Babangida and his killer squad | Sowore vows to fight to death

by Dolapo Adelana Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters has said he is ready to die to ensure Nigeria takes it space back from those he described as “drug dealers, certificate forgers, money launderers, political manipulators, and assassins”. Sowore stated this on Saturday night via his Facebook page while reacting to a statement by Senator... Read More

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Farooq Kperogi: Propagandocracy and the Buhari Media Center

The Buhari government is an absolute propagandocracy, that is, a government conducted by intentionally false and manipulative information. And this is so because the very foundation of the government is fraud. When you defraud people into electing you and you have no substance to justify the trust they invested in you, you either apologise and... Read More

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February 1, 2017

SaharaReporters publisher, Sowore defeats Obanikoro in US court

A defamation suit filed by former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro against publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore has been dismissed by the supreme court of the US state of New York. Obanikoro had claimed that Sowore and SaharaReporters’ report that he rigged the election that produced Ekiti governor, Ayodele Fayose was libelous. Sowore... Read More

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January 23, 2017

Understanding the Nigerian Army’s statement on the arrest of Dapo Olorunyomi of Premium Times

Earlier today, the Nigerian Army did something that would on the surface appear to have exonerated them from the allegations of trying to silence the Press. They released this statement. Following the arrest of Premium Times publisher, Dapo Olorunyomi and Evelyn Okakwu, the paper’s judiciary correspondent last week, Nigerians have been very vocal about their determination... Read More

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September 25, 2016

Lai Mohammed threatens to sue newspaper over ‘Change Begins With Me’ report

Minister of Information and Culture has threatened to sue the Daily Independent newspaper over a report on the ‘Change Begins With Me’ campaign. The newspaper had reported that the concept was stolen by the minister and that the campaign gulped N3.4 billion, which he both denied. He also threatened to also sue one Akin Fadeyi and Omo Bazuaye... Read More

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September 21, 2015

Lai Mohammed threatens to sue Olisa Metuh

National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Lai Mohammed, may go after his counterpart, Olisa Metuh of the Peoples Democratic Party , in the court of law, for libeling him. In a statement released on Sunday, Metuh, while carpeting the APC and President Buhari, had claimed that Lai Mohammed diverted funds meant for the fencing... Read More

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December 8, 2014

Obasanjo stopped from publishing autobiography

by Kolapo Olapoju Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has been ordered to stop plans to publish his autobiography, titled ‘My Watch’. A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Wuse Zone II, Abuja, has given an order restraining him from proceeding with the publishing of the book. The court restrained the former President from publishing the book, pending... Read More

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October 13, 2014

Dangote cement to sue Zambian Minister for libel

by Azubuike Azikiwe The Zambian subsidiary of Dangote cement has sued Fackson Shamenda, the country’s labour minister for libel and slander. Shamenda had accused a Nigerian executive at the Zambian unit of the company of attempting to bribe him at a hotel in September, during a tour of the plant in Ndola, Lusaka. He had... Read More

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2face gets apology from magazine over adultery (LOOK)

by Kolapo Olapoju Nigerian Pop legend, 2face Idibia has received an apology from soft-sell magazine, Icon weekly for its libelous post about the singer impregnating a Lagos banker. The apology is coming on the heels of 2face’s N100million lawsuit against the magazine, after it published a story back in March where it insinuated that 2face... Read More

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February 26, 2013

Mind what you tweet – You can be sued!

by Brian Wheeler The law concerning Twitter is clear – if you make a defamatory allegation about someone you can be sued for libel. People who tweeted photos allegedly of child killer Jon Venables are being charged with contempt of court. It’s the latest in a long line of cases that suggest that ordinary social... Read More

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November 8, 2012

“You will name our sponsors in court” – Dino Melaye threatens to sue Okonjo-Iweala

by Isi Esene Dino Melaye is not taking things lightly with the co-ordinating minister of the economy and minister of finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as he is threatening to sue the Harvard-trained economist for libel. The former House of Representatives member earlier today reacted on Twitter over allegations of corruption leveled against him by the minister.... Read More

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