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Hate speech: DSS better than NBC

By Tonnie O. Iredia     History tell us that in most heterogenous societies, multiple centrifugal forces make it easy for the fragile fabric that binds society...

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Senator Abdullahi says defamation, libel laws are not enough to tackle hate speech

PRESS STATEMENT         …Lauds UN for supporting NASS on bill     Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, on Thursday...

Media stakeholders want Hate Speech, Social Media Bills scrapped

  Media stakeholders on Tuesday, called on the Nigerian Senate to scrap the bill seeking to regulate social media and the controversial National Commission for the...

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Hate Speech Bill: Death penalty will be amended – Abdullai

  …Says Nigeria has Africa’s highest cases of depression, and fifth in suicide Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, has said that...

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Nigerians under attack from hate speech – Abdullahi

  ***Says purveyors hide under ‘Freedom of Speech’ to blackmail NASS, victimise others     The Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Aliyu Sabi...

Between hate speech and criticism

By Temitope Ajayi It is very surprising to see Nigerians who live in UK, France, Germany, Canada, US etc where they have strong laws and regulations against Hate Speech...

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Una hear? Hate speech offenders to die by hanging as bill resurfaces in Senate

A Bill to Establish a Commission for the Prohibition of Hate Speeches on Tuesday bounced back in the Senate. The Bill titled, “National Commission for the Prohibition...

Social media posts lands Grandson, self determination advocate in trouble

The British police have arrested Adeyinka Grandson, president of the Young Yorubas for Freedom (YYF) secessionist group, in London over his social media posts against...