In recent months, former President Donald Trump has secured multi-million dollar settlements from major U.S. media companies like ABC and CBS in defamation lawsuits widely viewed by legal experts as weak and unlikely to succeed in court. This strategy reveals a pattern of using litigation not to win in court, but to force financially vulnerable …
When Nnamdi Kanu arrived at the European Parliament in 2019, he essentially delivered a TED Talk titled: “Nigeria: How Not to Run a Country.” If the EU expected diplomatic niceties, Kanu came with PowerPoint slides of wahala. 1. Nigeria Is in Crisis — Shocking, Right? Kanu began by informing Europeans of something Nigerians already know …
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Donald J. Trump has filed a 33-page, $5-billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation. Thirty-three pages. Five billion dollars. Against the BBC. If litigation were performance art, this would already be hanging in the Tate Modern with a trigger warning. The complaint alleges that the BBC, in a moment of editorial wickedness reminiscent of colonialism …
The judgment from Justice James Omotosho detailed a clear link between Kanu's broadcasts and violent acts. The right to self-determination was acknowledged, but the court ruled that any such action not conducted within the bounds of the Nigerian constitution is illegal . The specific charges he was convicted on illustrate this distinction:· Inciting Violence: The …
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Once again, Nigeria’s Supreme Court has spoken—solemnly, authoritatively, and with the confidence of a referee who has blown the whistle after the players have gone home.In its latest pronouncement, the court has held that the President of Nigeria possesses constitutional powers to declare a state of emergency and, flowing from that, remove elected officials. Full …
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