Tag: HATE SPEECH
FG raises hate speech fine to N5m
The Federal Government has increased the hate speech fine from N500,000 to N5 million in its reviewed Nigeria Broadcasting Code containing the Antitrust Provision.
Minister...
Consequences of hate speech will be dangerous – Malami
Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has decried the level of acrimony and slander that currently dominate the nation’s social...
David Oyedepo mocks FG over hate speech bill
Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church
Worldwide, (aka Winners’ Chapel), David Oyedepo, has mocked the Federal
Government over the controversial hate speech bill.
The bill since introduction...
Hate speech bill beginning of dictatorship – Afe Babalola
Founder of Afe Babalola University (ABUAD), Chief Afe Babalola, (SAN), has described the Anti-hate Speech Bill before the Senate as a slide to dictatorship.
The...
Nigerians under attack from hate speech – Senator Abdullahi
Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Aliyu Abdullahi, on Wednesday warned that Nigeria may experience severe crisis with its attendant effect unless the...
Hate speech, fake news feeding off our existing prejudices — Kukah
Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, has called on all Nigerians to disseminate information responsibly to curb the menace of hate...
Fake news, hate speech biggest threat to 2019 polls – Lai...
Minister of information and culture Lai Mohammed insists fake news and hate speech constitute the biggest threat to the 2019 general election, with an...
Odinkalu lists threats to 2019 election at GOCOP conference
Former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRG), Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, has identified electoral violence, hate speech and political innumeracy as some of...
Buhari not a murderer, Presidency replies The Sun
The Presidency has condemned an opinion article published by The Sun newspaper associating President Muhammadu Buhari with the killings in Benue and calling him...
Facebook to double staff fighting online hate speech, propaganda
Facebook plans to double its staff working on reviewing and deleting illegal material in an effort to further crack down on hate speech and...