Popular Nigerian singer Dammy Krane has been released from police custody after being detained for six days following his arrest by Davido over alleged defamation. EKO HOT BLOG gathered that Dammy Krane was released on Thursday, August 29, 2024. In a series of posts on his X handle, the singer had previously claimed that he … Read more
Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to President Tinubu, responds to Peter Obi’s ₦5 billion defamation threat after alleging Obi’s link to a planned mass protest. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to President Bola Tinubu, Bayo Onanuga, has responded to Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi over a ₦5 billion defamation … Read more
FCT Police clarified that social media activist VeryDarkMan was invited for questioning regarding cyberstalking, cyberbullying, and defamation allegations and has since been released. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command clarified on Sunday that social media activist Martins Vincent Otse, known as VeryDarkMan, was not arrested but invited for questioning. According … Read more
FCT Police clarified that social media activist VeryDarkMan was invited for questioning regarding cyberstalking, cyberbullying, and defamation allegations and has since been released. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command clarified on Sunday that social media activist Martins Vincent Otse, known as VeryDarkMan, was not arrested but invited for questioning. According … Read more
Arrested Abuja Journalist Released From Police Custody On Bail. Onuorah was granted bail by the Enugu State Police Command after being allegedly abducted by men from the Ebonyi Police Command. The management of Globalupfront Newspapers stands by Onuorah and insists that the police station is not a court of law for defamation cases. the Nigeria … Read more
Mercy Chinwo and husband take legal action against five individuals for defamation. Defendants summoned to court on April 23 by Chief Magistrate Emmanuel Iyanna. Legal action initiated due to disparaging social media comments about Chinwo’s baby EKO HOT BLOG reports that Nigerian gospel artist Mercy Chinwo and her husband, Pastor Blessed Uzochikwa, have initiated legal … Read more
NLC Political Commission declares Julius Abure no longer National Chairman of Labour Party. Abure’s claims of theft during party secretariat takeover denounced as “sarcastic and pathetic.” Legal action planned against Abure for defamation and financial impropriety. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Political Commission on Friday, declared Julius Abure as no longer … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday, detained Afro singer Ibrahim Owodunni, also known as Primeboy, while he was visiting the State Criminal Investigation Department in Panti, Yaba. The arrest came following a petition filed by Wunmi, the widow of the late singer Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, alias Mohbad, alleging defamation and … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that a copy of a counter petition filed on August 1, 2023, by music promoter, Sam Larry accusing late singer, Mohbad of contract breach has emerged. The petition received and stamped by the Lagos Annex, Force Criminal Investigation Department, Alagbon, on August 7, 2023, was written through a law firm, Ibukun … Read more
A former APC chairman in Jigawa State, Habibu Sara, has been sentenced to prison for alleged defamation. He accused the Governor of convening a meeting where they planned to scuttle the incoming administration of the governor-elect. Mr. Sara was charged with three counts of defamation of character, inciting public disturbance and disorder. EKO HOT BLOG … Read more
Nnamdi was arrested by the police in Anambra State on March 18. The police released him five days later after several calls for his freedom. The social media influencer recounted his unpleasant experience while he was in police custody. Eko Hot Blog reports that the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has condemned the rearrest … Read more
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode called for the arrest of the former Chairman of NERC, Sam Amadi. He accused Amadi of defaming the Chief Justice of Nigeria and inciting lies about meeting the President-elect. Fani-Kayode also called for Amadi’s pictures to be printed on toilet paper and used to clean dirt. EKO HOT BLOG … Read more
Court has granted bail to blogger who was arrested for alleged defamation. EKO HOT BLOG reports that a Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, has granted bail to Yahaya Zakariya, a popular Ilorin-based blogger who was arrested over alleged defamation. The Police Prosecutor , O.C. Famuyini, had told the court that the defendant committed the … Read more
The governor is seeking ₦50 billion as general damages for libel and ₦10 billion as exemplary and aggravated damages. Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, on Friday, instituted a ₦60 billion suit against Minister of Special Duties and Inter Governmental Affairs, Senator George Akume at the Makurdi High Court. The suit No. MHC/268/2021 was filed … Read more
NOVEMBER 12, 2020 A Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square has ordered On-Air-Personality, Toke Makinwa to pay ex-lover and fitness entrepreneur Maje Ayida ₦1 million for defamation. The presiding judge, Justice Olukayode Ogunjobi, gave Makinwa and her publisher 30 days to delete the said defamatory words from unsold copies of the book … Read more