Profiles International Human Rights Advocate

 SOWORE CALLS FOR DUE PROCESS, URGES EFCC TO RELEASE VDM OVER DETENTION OF MARTINS VINCENT OTSE (VDM) By Daniel Okonkwo Profiles International Human Rights Advocate  To establish a claim of civil defamation, the following elements must be proven: Falsity: The statement must be false. Publication: The statement must have been communicated to a third party. Reputational Harm: The statement must have caused injury to the claimant’s reputation. Civil defamation, though similar in principle to criminal defamation—which involves the publication of a false statement that injures a person’s reputation—differs significantly in its legal application. In Nigeria, defamation can be addressed under both civil and criminal law. Under the Criminal Code, defamatory publication is a misdemeanor and, when done knowingly, carries more severe penalties. However, civil defamation, being more common, typically involves legal remedies such as monetary compensation or injunctive relief. In recent dev...