The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has fined Continental Broadcasting Services Limited, owners of Television Continental (TVC), for airing “hate speech and inflammatory comments”. In a letter...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has denied announcing an increment in the fine for hate speech from N500, 000 to N5m despite having...
Former military President, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, has condemned the Hate Speech Bill, sponsored by Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi. Babangida declared that nobody can muzzle Nigerians and...
Condemnations have trailed the proposed bill seeking to place a death penalty on anyone convicted of hate speech. The law to establish a National Commission for...
A presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sule Lamido, has said President Muhammadu Buhari used blackmail and hate speech to win...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned political aspirants, party faithful and other stakeholders against hate speeches during political campaigns. The advice was given by...
Sabi Abdullahi, the senator who introduced a bill for the establishment of Independent National Commission for Hate Speeches, has explained why a penalty of death sentence...
The Nigerian Senate is considering a bill that would spell the death penalty for anyone convicted of hate speech that leads to the death of another....
The Senator tweeted this while reacting to plans by the Federal government to monitor and prosecute Nigerians that propagate hate speech on social media. Recall That,...
The Ministry of Defence in conjunction with the Office of the National Security Adviser has set up a committee to work out modalities to upgrade the...