The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has denied announcing an increment in the fine for hate speech from N500,000 to N5m.
The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, (SAN), has urged Judiciary Correspondents to avoid fake news and hate speech while...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has decried the “tsunami” of ant-foreigner sentiments arising from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In a video message on Friday, Guterres said that...
Germany’s government faced calls to toughen gun ownership laws and step up efforts to track far-right sympathisers, a media report said on Friday. Bild, Germany’s biggest-selling...
Bishop David Oyedepo of Faith Tabernacle, aka Winners Chapel, has expressed his disgust at the controversial hate speech bill, describing it as a ‘crazy idea’. He...
Reactions continue to trail the actions of Nollywood actress and comedienne, Etinosa Idemudia, where she used the bible as her ashtray as she smoked. The eccentric...
The Senate has introduced a bill which seeks to establish a federal government agency to check hate speech in the country. It also prescribed death by...
Social networking site, Facebook, said it has shut down 23 Italian pages, including many supporting the country’s populist government parties for spreading fake news and breaking...
Liberia’s President George Weah has suspended the country’s junior press minister, Eugene Fahngon, for stoking ethnic tensions. Weah suspended Eugene Fahngon on Monday over comments that...
Police have arrested a 35-year-old pastor, Chris Mordi, of the Miracle of Fires Ministry, Langbasa, Ajah, Lagos, for allegedly propagating hate speech in the state. The...
Social media is no longer a hiding place for hate speech, anti-government and anti-security in Nigeria as the platforms are now being monitored for information by...