UNILAG VC threatens N1bn suit over alleged financial impropriety report
- ✦According to the firm, the headline and content conveyed the impression that Ogunsola presided over and condoned the misappropriation of public funds.
- The law firm said the publication associated their client with allegations of substantial financial irregularities at the university and attributed direct responsibility to her for alleged financial infractions by unidentified staff.
- “Our Client maintains that the publication is materially false, misleading, malicious and gravely injurious to her personal and professional reputation.” The law firm said its client did not object to legitimate investigative journalism, fair comment or responsible reporting on matters of public interest, but took exception to what it described as baseless allegations and unverified conclusions presented as established facts.
- According to the firm, the headline and content conveyed the impression that Ogunsola presided over and condoned the misappropriation of public funds.
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos , UNILAG, Professor Folasade Ogunsola, has threatened to institute a N1 billion defamation suit against online publication, NaijaOnPoint, over a report alleging that university staff received N397 million in irregular payments while N434 million in cash...
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The law firm said the publication associated their client with allegations of substantial financial irregularities at the university and attributed direct responsibility to her for alleged financial infractions by unidentified staff.
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In a letter dated October 29, 2026, addressed to the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of NaijaOnPoint/NOP Media Ltd, the law firm gave the media organisation 48 hours to remove the report from its website and social media platforms, publish a retraction and apology, and undertake not to republish the allegations.
