Tag: FREE SPEECH
Punch addressing Buhari as Major General is press freedom – Presidency
The Presidency has said that The Punch newspaper’s decision to include the prefix, Major General, in addition to President Muhammadu Buhari is a testimony...
Hate speech bill beginning of dictatorship – Afe Babalola
Founder of Afe Babalola University (ABUAD), Chief Afe Babalola, (SAN), has described the Anti-hate Speech Bill before the Senate as a slide to dictatorship.
The...
Nigerians under attack from hate speech – Senator Abdullahi
Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Aliyu Abdullahi, on Wednesday warned that Nigeria may experience severe crisis with its attendant effect unless the...
FG to acquire modern equipment to monitor hate broadcast – Lai...
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Tuesday insisted on amendment of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Act to allow the regulator greater...
Boko Haram technically defeated, Lai Mohammed insists
Minister
of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says he stands by what he said in
2015 that the Boko Haram terrorist group has been technically defeated.
Mr...
DSS arrests journalist, Chido Onumah, at Abuja airport
The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested a journalist and activist, Chido Onumah, amid fears of a growing clampdown on free speech by...
Buahri reaffirms commitment to free speech
President Muhammadu Buhari has reaffirmed the commitment of his administration to the protection of free speech in keeping with democratic tradition.
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Regulate yourself, Lai Mohammed tells social media influencers
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has assured that President Muhammadu Buhari will not stifle free speech by seeking to regulate the social...