Reports have indicated there is mass withdrawal of deposits from Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) in protest against the alleged ordering the arrest of the popular online commentator, VeryDarkMan (VDM). According to reports, in less than 24 hours, over 10,000 customers reportedly initiated account closures, triggering growing concern within the bank’s internal security and operations departments….
Popular Nigerian social media personality and influencer, Martins Vincent Otse, widely known as VeryDarkMan, has been arrested by the Nigerian police in Abuja on the orders of Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank), following his public complaints about alleged unauthorised debits from his mother’s bank account. Confirming the arrest on Friday, Barrister Deji Adeyanju, legal counsel for…
A civil society group, Global Rights, has demanded the release of four journalists facing trial over alleged cyber bullying . The group called for an end to intimidation and continued detention of Olurotimi Olawale, Precious Eze Chukwunonso, Roland Olonishuwa, and Seun Odunlami, noting that they have unjustly remained “wards” of the Nigerian criminal justice system…
