DEFAMATION: Definition, Types, Distinctions, Vulgar Abuse (NG) – Inioluwa Olaposi

N.B. This article is particular to Nigeria. Defamation in Torts Defamation is the lowering of a person in the estimation of right-thinking members of the society. In other words, defamation is an abuse on someone’s reputation by another person. Historically, there were many defamation cases in Nigeria in the early 1960s, involving the press and different political […]