Hate speech

The Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal, on Thursday described the hate speech bill before the Senate as draconian and an attempt to turn the country’s democracy into dictatorship.The governor, however, asked the media in Nigeria to…

Activities at the premises of the national assembly were on Tuesday partially disrupted by the Coalition of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) which took it's protest against the Social Media and Hate Speech Bills to the national…

Founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUA) Chief Afe Babalola SAN has described the hate speech bill currently before the senate as the beginning of dictatorship in the country.The bill sponsored by the Deputy Chief Whip,…

Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Abiodun Ige Adams, on Tuesday described those behind the controversial hate speech bill as pretenders, saying it was cheery news that the National Assembly and proponents of the death penalty for…

The Nigerian Senate may amend the proposed death penalty clause in the Hate Speech Bill before it.Sen. Sabi Abdullahi, who is the sponsor of the bill, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.Abdullahi, who is the Deputy…

Governors of the 36 states of the federation have distanced themselves from the hate speech bill now under consideration at the National Assembly, saying that none of them has supported it.Despite public outcry, the “Bill for an Act to…

The furore over the controversial bill, "Commission for the Prohibition of Hate Speeches", took a new dimension on Monday as Senate denied the involvement of President Muhammadu Buhari in the bill.The bill sponsored by Senator Aliyu…

Life is a paradox, Humans mostly focus on seemingly irrelevant things by vigorously attacking the ringworm in their bodies while leaving leprosy that is ravaging the same body.For the majority of  Nigerians, life has become a hell of a…

The Federal government has said that despite criticism of its plan to regulate the social media, it would still go ahead with the regulation to curb the level of hate speeches and fake news that is being characterised on the social media.…

The Center for International Technology and Development (CITAD) says it has identified 420 Facebook, Twitter and Blog account created in the name of some governorship candidates and their political parties promoting hate speech ahead of the…