The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has warned radio stations and broadcasters in the country against promoting hate speech and divisive remarks in their coverage of upcoming...
The Pan-Northern socio-political group, Arewa Consultative Forum, on Sunday warned politicians against unleashing thugs against opponents ahead of the 2023 elections. The group made the call...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday warned politicians to eschew violence as preparations for the 2023 general elections reach a crucial stage. The ex-president, who made...
The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Femi Adesina, on Thursday, urged Nigerians to stop fuelling division and chaos in the country with...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has detailed the rationale behind the fight against fake news and hate speech. Mohammed spoke on Thursday during...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday charged the Nigerian media to exhibit commitment to activities that would strengthen peace and unity in the country. In a statement...
The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel, on Saturday urged Nigerians to vote for leaders with interests of the country at heart in 2023. Emmanuel, who...
The Senate has passed a bill that proposes a 10-year jail term for purveyors of hate speech in the country. The bill which was passed during...
Twitter, a US owned micro-blogging platform Wednesday expanded its policy on hate speech to include race and ethnicity. Twitter in a statement said hate speech includes...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has denied announcing an increase in the hate speech fine to N5million. The minister, who stated this in...
The United Nations has warned politicians in Guinea to curb hate speech rising in the lead-up to general elections, warning the situation iwas “extremely dangerous” and...
Tahir Umar Tahir, the prosecution witness in the trial of a former Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, told the Federal High...
The Federal Government of Nigeria led by President Muhammadu Buhari has been dragged before the ECOWAS Court of Justice over its recent decision stipulating N5 million...
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has condemned the imposition of N5 million fine on Nigeria Info radio stationby the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) over an...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has been sued in court for allegedly arbitrarily amending the Broadcast Code and increasing the fine for hate...
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has reeled out eight guidelines for political broadcasts ahead of the forthcoming Edo and Ondo State elections. The guidelines which came...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said on Friday the Federal Government increased the fine for hate speech to deter people who willingly violate...
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi 111, has remarked that anyone who did not want to be criticised had no business in government. The...
Professor Wole Soyinka on Monday maintained his stand against the Hate Speech Bill and pointed out some of the dangers associated with its passage into law....
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has said that the National Assembly would not pass any anti-people laws. He stated this in response to a protest letter by...
Political Officer of the United States Embassy in Nigeria, Jerry Howard, on Tuesday described the Hate Speech bill before the National Assembly as an “impressive” piece...
The Minister of State for Labour, Festus Keyamo (SAN), said on Monday that no reasonable person would support a death penalty for hate speech. He, however,...
The Nigerian Senate on Friday said it has not taken any decision regarding the removal of the death penalty from the controversial Hate Speech Commission Bill...
The Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, on Tuesday urged Nigerians to be vigilant following the growing rumour of a third term plot for President Muhammadu Buhari. President...
The United Nations on Tuesday condemned the introduction of the death penalty in the Hate Speech Bill currently before the National Assembly. The UN has also...
The proposed Hate Speech and Social media bills have been described as an attempt by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to maim Nigerians’ freedom of...
The sponsor of the controversial hate speech bill and senator representing Niger North, Sabi Abdullahi has claimed that hate speech remained the root cause of almost...
The proposed bills on social media regulation and hate speech would not add any value to the nation, a civil society organization said on Monday. The...
The proposed bills on hate speech and social media regulation have continued to be a subject of national discourse. The Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate,...
A former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has described the proposed bills on social media and hate speech as the greatest threats to democracy and freedom of...
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Wednesday night advised the National Assembly to hold a public hearing on the hate speech bill to ensure that views...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has urged the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) to lead the government ongoing plans to rid the social...
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Friday warned the National Assembly on the implications of passing Hate Speech Bill currently before them into law. The Nobel...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the Hate Speech bill which passed the first reading at the Senate on Tuesday. The party asked the National...
Where the media are free, the market place of ideas sorts the irresponsible from the responsible and rewards the later——-Anonymous For media practitioners, oddities -particularly, human...
A bill for the establishment of a commission for the control of hate speech passed the first reading during plenary at Nigerian Senate on Tuesday. The...
The former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, has described as abuse of legislative process, a private bill being conceived by the National Assembly to tackle hate speeches and...
A bill seeking to establish a commission for the prohibition of hate speech passed first reading on the floor of the Senate on Tuesday. The bill...
The Federal Government on Tuesday rolled out new measures to check the spread of fake news and hate speech in the country. The Minister of Information...
‘m one of the millions of Nigerians who follow and admire Reno Omokri not because he finds ways to expose and push back the lies and...
For the umpteenth time, the Federal Government on Sunday vowed to deal with purveyors of fake news and hate speech in the country. The Minister of...
In his usual style of drawing the attention of the Presidency and Nigerians to sensitive and critical national issues drowning the country, former President Olusegun Obasanjo...
Facebook has been fined more than $2 million in Germany for inaccurately reporting the amount of illegal content on its platform. German authorities said Tuesday that...
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested the Peoples Democratic Party campaign spokesman in Kaduna State, Ben Bako. Bako, who is a former...
Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, says fake news and hate speech constitute the biggest threat to the 2019 polls. Mohammed said this on Thursday...
The former governor of Anambra State and the vice presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP),Peter Obi, has responded to being called a “tribal bigot”...
Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu Saturday urged Nigerians to shun ‘hate conduct’ in order to foster peaceful coexistence in the country. Ekweremadu made the call in...
Nigeria security agencies have been directed by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to start clampdown on Nigerians propagating hate speeches, especially those who do that...
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has said that would heavily sanction broadcast stations that engage in or facilitate hate speech especially as the build-up to the...
Following the controversies that have continued to trail the issue of hate speech over its actual definition, Senator Shehu Sani has asked the National Human Rights...
