By Julius Enehikhuere The ongoing campaigns for the Sept. 19 Edo governorship election are characterised by violence and hate speech. No one is claiming responsibility. However, political observers say that almost all the political gladiators are guilty. Barely a month to the election, the fear of possible violence is palpable. Political pundits are predicting all […]
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Wednesday defended the invitation of Dr Obadiah Mailafia by the Department of State Services (DSS) over his recent comments on the Boko Haram insurgency. READ ALSO: Mailafiya invited by DSS again for further questioning Shehu, who made this known in a […]
The federal government has increased the fine for hate speech from N500,000 to 5 million naira. This increase was made known in Lagos on Tuesday, August 4. While unveiling the Reviewed Broadcasting Code, the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, said the amendments were necessitated by a Presidential directive, in the wake of the 2019 general […]
Abuja – The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, (SAN), has urged Judiciary Correspondents to avoid fake news and hate speech,while discharging their professional duties. The AGF gave the advice in Abuja at the inauguration of the newly elected executive officers of the National Association of Judiciary Correspondent (NAJUC). […]
Germany’s government faced calls to toughen gun ownership laws and step up efforts to track far-right sympathisers, a media report said on Friday. Bild, Germany’s biggest-selling newspaper, wrote that the calls came after the suspect in one of its worst mass shootings since World War Two was found to have published a racist manifesto. The […]
President of the Senate, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, has said that the National Assembly is open to suggestions from Nigerians on the best ways to tackle the menace of hate speech and fake news. Lawan stated this on Monday in an address delivered to declare open a Town-hall meeting on the Hate Speech and Social Media […]
As the Senate resume plenary on Tuesday after its Christmas and New Year break, expected to top its agenda is the Constitution review. Also expected are a number of pending constitution amendment related bills such as the review of the consideration of the Hate Speech and the Social Media Bills. The Daily Times recalls that […]
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has denied the allegation that he is behind the Hate Speech Bill at the National Assembly. Addressing newsmen on Monday in Lagos, the minister said the allegation made against him by Sen. Francis Fadahunsi representing Osun East Senatorial District, ‘is fake news”. “You must have read […]
Lagos – A security expert, Mr Abayomi Mumuni, on Tuesday threw his weight behind the Hate Speech Bill and the Social Media Bill, but urged the National Assembly to moderate the sanctions being proposed for offenders. Mumuni, also an All Progressives’ Congress (APC) chieftain, said in a statement that the bills would curtail provocative utterances […]
Abuja – A group of protesters on Wednesday went to the National Assembly to demand for withdrawal of the bills on hate speech and social media. Deji Adeyanju, a civil activist who led the protesters to the National Assembly gate described the bills as “obnoxious”. The protesters carried placards bearing various inscriptions aimed at rejecting […]
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, said that the late Sardauna of Sokoto, Sir Ahmadu Bello were progenitor of hate speech in Nigeria. IPOB statement by IPOB’s spokesperson, Emma Power said ‘Fulani were the first to utilise hate speech to advance their domination of the political space in Nigeria, but today they want to stifle […]
National Legal Adviser of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Emmanuel Enoidem has urged Nigerians to rise against the passage of the hate speech bill before the National Assembly, describing it as an anti – people law intended to rubbish the image of the nation. Speaking yesterday in Uyo on the issue, Enoidem said the bill […]
Pastor Benjamin Olayiwola, Chairman, Oyo State Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has urged the National Assembly to halt the passage of the Hate Speech bill religious, political and cultural differences are resolved in the country.
You are about to corrupt youthful impression, to join the brigade of closet psychopaths for whom the only solution to any social malaise from the trite to the profoundly affective is – Kill! Is this what humanity and society are all about? Professor Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, has asked the national assembly. Soyinka on Friday […]
The Federal Government says it is committed to ensuring a responsible and ethical use of the social media and air waves and no amount of opposition will stop it from sanitising the two media platforms. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed stated this at the 2019 edition of the Annual Lecture of […]
In the last four years or thereabout of the present All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government of Nigeria, the issue of Hate Speech among the people of the country has become a major topic of discourse as the government has repeatedly spoken up against it and even threatened to go all out against the purveyors […]
President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration’s attention is increasingly being focused on cyber-crimes and the abuse of technology through hate speech and other divisive material being propagated on social media. The Nigerian leader made this known when he addressed the nation via a broadcast to mark Nigeria’s 59th Independence Anniversary in Abuja on Tuesday. The […]
…Cites violence, hate speech, electoral legal framework, bribery & corruption As Nigeria prepares for the 2019 general election, the former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega, has listed four hurdles that could impede the success of the election, warning that danger may be inevitable if parties are unable to properly […]
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris has said community Policing will help to achieve very low crime profile within communities. He said if the scheme is achieved, it will be a perfect force to stem out hate speech, insurgency and other societal ill ravaging the country. The IGP stated this at the weekend, […]
By Jerome-Mario Utomi. Looking at the ripple reactions that greeted the hate speech bill currently before the Nigerian senate; one will but agree with the words of John F. Kennedy, that ‘a man who creates power makes an indispensable contribution to the nation’s greatness. But the man who questions power make a contribution just as […]