Ex-COAS Faruk Yahaya sues Ali-Keffi, Arise TV, Sahara reporters for ₦1.5bn over defamation Retired Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya (retd.), has filed a ₦1.5 billion defamation lawsuit against security analyst Ali-Keffi, Arise TV International, and Sahara Reporters Nigeria over what he describes as false, damaging and injurious reports. The suit was filed at the Federal High Court, Abuja, where General Yahaya claims that the defendants published and propagated defamatory statements linking him to alleged financial misconduct, security lapses, and other unverified allegations that, he says, have tarnished...