Former Imo gov suing Kenneth Okonkwo for defamation, asking for public apology, N5b in damages

Achike Udenwa, former Imo State Governor, has demanded N5 billion in damages and a public apology from African Democratic Congress (ADC) chieftain Kenneth Okonkwo over alleged defamatory remarks made during a television programme. The demand was contained in a three-page letter dated June 11, 2026, and signed by Udenwa’s lawyer, Chief Soronnadi Njoku, SAN. In […]

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Peter Obi suing Kenneth Okonkwo for defamation, demanding N5b in damages

Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Peter Obi, has demanded N5 billion in damages from actor-turned-politician, Kenneth Okonkwo over alleged defamatory statements made during a television interview. Obi, via his lawyers Chief Alex Ejesieme SAN & Co., in a letter dated June 9, 2026, and addressed to Okonkwo, accused Okonkwo of making false allegations […]

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Igboho drags Benin Republic to ECOWAS court for unlawful detention, claims $1 million as damages

Yoruba Nation agitator and youths leader, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has filed a $1 million suit against Republic of Benin before the Community Court of Justice, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as general damages for each day he has spent in detention in the country. Igboho, through his […]

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Actress Iyabo Ojo’s lawyers write actor Yomi Fabiyi asking for damages for defamation

Nigerian actress, Iyabo Ojo has caused her lawyers to write a letter to Nigerian actor, Yomi Fabiyi to demand a retraction of what they called defamatory publication he purportedly made against her. Recall that Yomi Fabiyi was reported to have accused actress Iyabo Ojo, and comedian, Princess, of promising to kill Baba Ijesha if he […]

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Unlawful detention, journalist Abiri gets N10m damages

A federal judge sitting in Abuja, Nigeria, has declared the two years detention of the media practitioner, Mr. Jones Abiri as outright conviction and ordered Nigerian government to pay N10 million in damages to him. Mr Abiri was arrested in August 2016 and detained for two years till his lawyers, led by human rights activist, […]

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