Social media/internet freedom is a basic human right. It is unalienable. In the pool of freedoms, it is as basic as the right to exist. Take...
Founder and General Overseer of the Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo, has described the controversial hate speech bill as an attempt to silence Nigerians. The...
The senator sponsoring the controversial hate speech bill, Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, has described opponents of the bill as ignorant of the inherent dangers should the lawmakers...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Niger State, Mr. Jonathan Vatsa, on Friday said his party does not have any moral right to...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has described the controversial social media and hate speech bills which are in the process of becoming Acts of the...
A former Governor of Ogun State, Aremo Olusegun Osoba, has condemned the controversial Hate Speech Bill being considered at the Senate. Osoba, a Chieftain of the...
The sponsor of the hate speech bill, Sabi Abdullahi, said on Thursday he sponsored the bill because the defamation and libel laws in Nigeria were inadequate...
Chief Afe Babalola, founder of Afe Babalola University (ABUAD) has described as the beginning of dictatorship in Nigeria, the Hate Speech bill that prescribed death by...
The member representing Jos-South/Jos-East Federal Constituency of Plateau State in the House of Representatives, Dachung Bagos, has said the controversial Hate Speech Bill will die on...
The sponsor of the controversial hate speech bill, Aliyu Abdullahi, has promised to amend the document to ensure the death penalty aspect was yanked off according...
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...
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has declared that the National Assembly lacks the legislative competence to pass the bill for the establishment of Hate Speech...
The senator who reintroduced the controversial hate speech bill that seeks tougher punishment for purveyors of hate speech and falsehood, Aliyu Abdullahi, claimed on Monday he...
The Senate on Monday distanced itself from the Hate Speech Bill now before the lawmakers, saying it was not the idea emanated from a member of...
The senate marshalled by Ahmad Lawan has been convincing in confirming the stereotypes and assumptions about the institution. In July, I wrote about Lawan’s obsequiousness and...
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mike Ozekhome, has described the proposed Hate Speech Bill as nonsensical legislation that was waiting to consume Nigerians if allowed...
