Tag: hate speech
UN Warns Against Hate Speech During Election Season
By Fortune AbangAbuja, - The UN has advised Nigerians to eschew hate speeches during the forthcoming election season to guard...
2023 election: NOA undertakes sensitization campaign against hate speech, fake news
By Chibuike Nwabuko
Abuja (Sundiata Post) - Ahead of the 2023 general election, the National Orientation Agency (NOA) has organised motorised sticker campaign...
Hate Speech: NBC Slams N2m Fine On TVC
By Chibuike Nwabuko
Abuja (Sundiata Post) - The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has slammed a two million naira fine on TVC for...
2023: NHRC To Name, Shame Politicians Involved In Hate Speech Campaign
By Angela AtaboAbuja, - The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) says it will name and shame politicians who engage in hate...
The looming danger of hate speech and fake news, By Ya’u...
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...
APC Stalwart hails Southwest leaders’ resolution
Mallam Saliu Mustapha, former chieftain of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), has commended the Southwest leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC)...
Why Pantami must go
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...
‘I Warned President Buhari About Pantami’s Ties With Terrorists But Nothing...
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,...
Why YouTube suspended TB Joshua’s Emmanuel TV
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...
TB Joshua’s TV suspended on YouTube
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...
Insecurity: No Govt Loves To See Its Citizens Maimed– Presidency
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,...
We must avoid past mistakes—Diya
Former Chief of General Staff under General Sani Abacha, Lt. Gen. Oladipo Diya (rtd), has called for peace and unity in Nigeria as he...
INSECURITY: Soldiers deployed in 33 states but.. – Senator Ndume
…‘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...
Buhari, good governance will silence social media, By Fredrick Nwabufo
No government is short of opposition. In a democracy, the residence of an animated opposition signals the buoyancy of the system. Where there is...
Litigious Terrorism Of Ortom, El-Rufai, Fani-Kayode, By Farooq Kperogi
There is an abysmallylow legal literacy in Nigeria. And the Nigerian political elite have discovered that they can exploit the fear and ignorance of...
Osinbajo Engages APC Social Media Influencers on hate speech
By Emmanuel Mogbede
Abuja - Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the Federal Government is ready to support youths to influence the passage of the hate...
Indian Facebook officials questioned on hate speech policies
New Delhi - Executives of social media giant Facebook were questioned on Wednesday by an Indian parliamentary panel after allegations of bias on...
Hate speech: When will Lai Mohammed fine El-Rufai?
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...
Garba Shehu Defends Mailafia’s Invitation, Says N.5m Is Not Enough To...
Mr Garba Shehu on Wednesday defended the invitation of Dr Obadiah Mailafia by the Department of State Services (DSS) over his recent comments on...
N5m Fine: FG explains what constitutes hate speech
By Rotimi Ijikanmi
Abuja - The Federal Government says “any speech, broadcast or publication that denigrates a person, a group of people on the...