Nigeria: Court Slates March 25 to Hear Tonye Cole’s N40bn Defamation Suit

Abuja — A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, on Tuesday, okayed for hearing, a N40billion defamation suit that was brought before it by a former governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers state, Mr. Tonye Cole.

Justice M.A Hassan fixed March 25, 2026, to hear the case after he granted an order for all the legal processes to be served on the defendant through substituted means.

Cited as 1st defendant in the suit marked: CV/4502/25, is the Minister of…