Nigeria, Jan. 28 -- A United Kingdom High Court of Appeal has upheld earlier rulings against blogger Maureen Badejo, ordering her to pay £100,000 in damages to the founder of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, Daniel Olukoya and his wife, Folashade, after losing a defamation suit.
In April 2021, the Queen's Bench Division of a UK high court of justice ordered Ms Badejo to pay the sum of £65,000 to the general overseer and £35,000 to his wife as damages over defamatory publications.
The court also directed her to publicly retract the defamatory statements and publish a summary of the judgment on her social media platforms for a period of 10 consecutive days as a corrective measure and as a means of ensuring that h...