Tag: hate speech

Recently, the Federal Government announced the indefinite suspension of the micro-blogging platform “Twitter”, citing security as the reason behind taking the critical decision. It...

Mallam Saliu Mustapha, former chieftain of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), has commended the Southwest leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC)...

By Fejiro Oliver SIR: We cannot change the goalpost at the middle of the game. We cannot cry “crucify her” when we caught a petty...

President Muhammadu Buhari was warned about Isa Pantami's ties with terrorists, but he chose to ignore it. This was the claim made by the Director-General,...

A UK-based media organisation ‘openDemocracy’ has claimed responsibility for the sudden closure of Pastor TB Joshua’s popular YouTube Channel Emmanuel TV, which had over...

YouTube has suspended popular Christian television channel, Emmanuel TV, owned by Pastor TB Joshua of The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations. The suspension was announced...

The presidency on Friday has reacted to the high rise of insecurity in the country. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity,...

Former Chief of General Staff under General Sani Abacha, Lt. Gen. Oladipo Diya (rtd), has called for peace and unity in Nigeria as he...

…‘Police overstretched, they don’t have the number, they don’t have equipment, intelligence not there’…Budgetary allocation: Army gets paltry N27bn in ‘war’ time…Says Senate to...

No government is short of opposition. In a democracy, the residence of an animated opposition signals the buoyancy of the system. Where there is...

There is an abysmallylow legal literacy in Nigeria. And the Nigerian political elite have discovered that they can exploit the fear and ignorance of...

By Emmanuel Mogbede   Abuja -  Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the Federal Government is ready to support youths to influence the passage of the hate...

New Delhi - Executives of social media giant Facebook were questioned on Wednesday by an Indian parliamentary panel after allegations of bias on...

On August 7, Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, appeared on a live TV show where he announced the hike in the N500,000...

Mr Garba Shehu on Wednesday defended the invitation of Dr Obadiah Mailafia by the Department of State Services (DSS) over his recent comments on...

By Rotimi Ijikanmi Abuja - The Federal Government says “any speech, broadcast or publication that denigrates a person, a group of people on the...

Immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose has vowed to send the former president Olusegun Obasanjo back to prison for all his...

By Rotimi Ijikanmi Abuja - The Federal Government says it increased the fine for hate speech from N500,000 to N5 million in the...

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...

Rant HQ founder, Suzan Ade Coker might be in for more trouble after labeling Igbos in her group 'senseless'. Recall that we reported that the...