Online Defamation in Nigeria: Free Speech, Reputation and the Law in the Digital Age

BY: Oyetola Muyiwa Atoyebi SAN, FCIArb. (U.K.). Defamation has long occupied a central place in Nigerian jurisprudence. Even in the early years following independence, actions for defamation were among the most prominent forms of civil litigation, with leading political figures frequently suing national newspapers over damaging publications. At the time, there was hardly a major […]