Court strikes out defamation suit against Dele Farotimi
A Federal High Court in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday struck out the criminal defamation suit brought against human rights lawyer and author, Dele Farotimi. Justice Babs Kuewunmi struck out the...
Dele Farotimi returns to prison as court defers decision on bail
A Magistrate Court in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, has deferred its decision on the bail application by Dele Farotimi to December 20. The magistrate, Abayomi Adeosun, asked that...
Dele Farotimi prays court to strike out defamation suit
by Peace Akpobome Human rights lawyer, activist and author, Dele Farotimi, has filed a preliminary objection asking the Ado Ekiti Magistrate Court to throw out the defamation suit filed...
Court grants Dele Farotimi N50m bail
Human rights lawyer, activist and author, Dele Farotimi, has been granted bail by the Ekiti State High Court, five days after he was remanded in custody by an Ekiti...
Ekiti protest over Farotimi holds Tuesday despite police warnings, say organisers
by Lorah Alfred The Take It Back Movement has indicated it would go ahead with its planned protest in Ekiti to demand the release of human rights activist, lawyer...
Between Farotimi and Afe Babalola
The question of whether the law of defamation is a hindrance to freedom of speech and a curtailment to democratic process confronted the Burkinabe a few years ago. Lohe...
In the matter of Dele Farotimi before the Star Chamber
by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Paul Anyebe was a judge of the High Court of Benue State in north-central Nigeria who had a young son with sticky fingers and a...
Dele Farotimi, Afe Babalola and Streisand effect
by Farooq Kperogi When 95-year-old legal luminary Afe Babalola weaponised the Nigerian police to arrest and detain activist Dele Farotimi over alleged defamation in his book, Nigeria and its...
Dele Farotimi and the fangs of fascism
by Kene Obiezu As democracy in Nigeria has triumphed finally and forcefully over creeping fascism, tyranny has adapted, morphing into other things. A book detonated like a bomb on...
Farotimi and the trial of Ekiti judiciary
Human rights lawyer, author and activist, Dele Farotimi, was yesterday [Wednesday] arraigned before an Ekiti Chief Magistrates Court over a charge of alleged defamation of character, at the behest...