Tag: hate speeches
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’Hate Speech bill unnecessary’ – Buhari’s Minister
The hate speech bill currently before the Senate is unnecessary, Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum, Gbemisola Saraki, has said. Ms Saraki said the CyberCrime Act already has provisions and penalties for hate speech. She made this statement after the Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday while reacting to the reintroduction of the ‘hate speech’…
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Buhari Directs Security Agencies To Begin Arrest of People Inciting Hate Speeches
— Says we Cannot longer condone or tolerate incendiary remarks President Muhammadu Buhari has warned Nigerian elites to stop misleading the people through their unguarded utterances. Buhari, who is the visitor to the University of Uyo, according to the News Agency of Nigeria, gave the warning at the 24th convocation ceremony of the institution on Saturday.…