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@_VALKlNG LeBron is so bad these days

The probability of Luka giving you that $1m is higher than LeBron’s 200k 🤣

@SavvyRinu @FabrizioRomano @ACTindbuilding What they have is a replica. No one can take it. But official giga records and compensation (from FIFA) associated with winning the trophy have all been returned.

@FabrizioRomano @ACTindbuilding They aren’t joking with their trophy 🏆

🚨🏆 Senegal show their AFCON trophy ahead of today’s game! 🇸🇳

@Ayoelesho There are no ethical billionaires

There is absolutely no Nigerian billionaire whose hands are clean. That's why whenever they're interviewed, they never give an in-depth explanation on how they made their money.

@esther_stan Just say congratulations and move on.

I’ll never understand the concept of a homosexual relationship and one person’s cosplaying the gender they don’t want to be with. It defeats the entire purpose.

resolve issues. People keep arguing whether to go civil or criminal for defamation, but forget that cybercrime laws already criminalise this same defamation and give the police power to act. It’s your right, use it.

If the tortfeasor has even dropped his location, this thing is not that complicated. Under cybercrime laws, the police can invite or pick him up and he’ll be in court sharp sharp. Lawyers are not saints, we’re not here to fix the system, we go for the fastest legal way to

I honestly don't understand why people are quick to insult others when they have nothing sensible to say or contribute to the conversation. Just hiding their shallowness under insults

@KizitoTheRebel @_empighalo You cannot sue because what he said was a generic statement that imputed crime to no one, but he can sue because the tortfeasor posted his picture with the caption "the face of a rapist" That is a direct imputation of a crime on him. Someone like me will come under cybercrime

@_empighalo Why not? And why can he sue? Seeing that they just categorized him under “men”? It was nothing personal

Even if you think @bsong_HR does not have a good case, I don't think it is ethically correct for lawyers, as professional colleagues, to nit-pick or tear apart a process which came from another lawyer, who works in a reputable law firm like SSK, which unarguably has a standard of excellence to uphold. I believe that the letter passed through scrutiny and appraisal from the Dispute Resolution Practice Group and they assessed that their client has a prima facie case! I agree that the topic bordering on rape is sensitive but remember every case must be determined according to their peculiar facts. So here is my view: While I agree with the principle established by the Bane and Antidote concept, it should be noted that in English Defamation cases where this principle has been applied, the underlying philosophy is that "a defamatory statement cannot be judged in isolation if the SAME publication contains words that correct, explain or neutralise the defamatory sting." In Chalmers v. Payne (1835) 2 Cr. M. & R 56, 159 from which this principle originated, the court stated that: “If in one part of the publication something disreputable to the plaintiff is stated, but that is removed by the conclusion, the bane and the antidote must be taken together.” Now, can it be said that the tortfeasor's "defamatory statement" contained words which neutralised the defamatory sting? The tortfeasor even published his picture. 😂 Wouldn't it be a different thing if the other person had said, "you said all men are rapists so by your logic, you are the face of a rapist"? Remember that in defamation, the plain and ordinary meaning of the defamatory words must be considered. What some of us are trying to do is introduce context from the HR guy's tweets, that he said all men are rapists. Curiously, those tweets are no longer on the internet (I ran a search), and litigation is evidence-based. I hope nothing deters bsong from suing. Principles of law are meant to be tested because they ultimately enrich out jurisprudence.

@OkonMfonob16987 @_Yardsilk That's a general statement and not an imputation of crime on anyone. But what the person who quoted him with a picture attached did was a direct imputation of a crime on someone. It's a very solid and valid ground for a case of libel and defamation to be sustained. Even criminal

@_Yardsilk This justification?

The principle you cited is correct, but the application is not. The “bane and antidote” principle works (to the best of my knowledge) for single publications. For example: “He has cancer, but is currently receiving treatment from the best medical facility.”

@heisrahman Maybe it's because of its defamation, that's why people are not seeing that an offence has been committed. Flip the scenario and use Murder instead of rape, and see how clear a crime it is. The guy been sued literally quoted him with a picture attached "the face of a rapist" Wow

Una too funny for this country. There is a principle in tort law called the Bane and Antidote. The principle is that, if you are going to allege that a statement is defamatory, you cannot just pull one line out of thin air and run to court with it. You have to read the entire publication. If, when read as a whole, the context neutralises the damage, the sting is gone. The claim dies there. Knowing that principle, I couldn't help but laugh at this. That is exactly what happened here. Read that thread from the beginning. This man supported, publicly, a position that championed "all men are rapist / men are guilty of rape until proven otherwise". Someone quoted his own tweet and said by your logic, here is what you are, "a rapist". Now he wants to sue for defamation. The quoter did not call him a rapist. The quoter held up a mirror. He took his own argument, followed it to its logical conclusion, and showed him what it looked like. That is not a defamatory statement. That is a syllogism. That is rhetoric. That is what happens when you make extreme claims in public discourse. Defamation law was never designed to protect you from something like this. No reasonable person reading that thread "in full context" would come away genuinely believing this man was being identified as an actual rapist. The context neutralises it completely. The bane and the antidote exist in the same publication. There is no sting. And without a sting, there is no defamation. All in all, lawyers will cash out. That's a good one.

@heisrahman @monsieur_avril Why did he delete then?

@monsieur_avril If I be that Klaus guy, I no go even acknowledge am. 😂

Oh, so now “rapist” suddenly counts as defamation? Funny how it stops being trendy once it’s not serving a crowd. 🤡 Anyways, make my colleagues chop.

@Ifeanyi60156097 @OlanipekunTobiD Finally a reply from a lawyer. Now, please answer me. How is that frivolous? Or is it not a crime under the cybercrime laws?

@donatusfx @OlanipekunTobiD Na una dey make lawyers file frivolous processes.

When i saw this post, I was in traffic, and I laughed. In an attempt to be smart by half, you took one part of his post and ran with it. Well, my good, Sir, the law doesn't work that way. "To prove libel, the broad impression conveyed by the publication must be considered not the meaning of each word taken out of context...the publication has to be considered as a whole" - Thank you @NWLRonline for the assist. He quoted your own post. You called all men rapists. What are you? A goat? Please wrap this up before 12 pm today. This is DOA already.

I pray me and all my brothers find our Napoli.

@yabaleftonline When someone does it to your father, don't cry foul

Moment a NEPA official fell off a ladder during a dispute with some angry Nigerians for trying to disconnect their electricity

@labubucyrene The key is c1 escoffier

I still can't get past 90k dps brah

@QuekuChucklez @NEBASARK @MonsterKhid Lol

@NEBASARK @MonsterKhid Blood is ultimately FREE. However, receipients pay for the cost of the initial screening tests, storage and complex laboratory tests that are performed before any donated blood can be deemed safe for transfusion. Those who do not come with replacement donors pay only a bit more

The blood we donate to hospitals for free, do they sell them to patients in need_?

@NEBASARK Yes

@manlikesea Lol same thing will happen to the solar because people who stole the generators will also steal the batteries. And when did solar become a thing in Nigeria?

Seyi Makinde and initial gragra 😄 He first did diesel powered streetlights when he assumed office. But Umahi said this man is an electrician, why on earth would someone that studied Elect/Elect power streetlights with diesel when we have solar options? In short, the streetlights didn’t last up to a year. The generators have disappeared everywhere 😂

@ick_real I'd just play earth song by Wizard Chan for the entire 48 hours. Mad song.

If someone offered you a million dollars to listen to just one artist for 48 hours straight, who would you choose ??