Hate Speech Commission

INEC to Partner Campus Radio Stations on Voter Education 0
- News
- November 27, 2019
Worried by the state of apathy of youth participation in the electoral process, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is set to partner with campus radio stations in raising awareness among the youth and enhance voter education. Chief Press Secretary to the Chairman of INEC, Mr. Rotimi Oyekanmi stated this in reaction to a monitoring
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Hate Speech on Hangman’s Noose?0
- Analysis
- March 3, 2018
The report by The Guardian on a new bill by the Senate, which prescribes that offenders of “hate speech” will die by hanging, must have sent the chill down many spines in a country where the government led by President Muhammadu Buhari has been stridently trying to convince the restive populace that it means well.
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Bill Seeks Death Penalty for Hate Speech Offenders 0
- News
- March 1, 2018
Any person found guilty of any form of hate speech that results in the death of another person shall die by hanging upon conviction, reads a new bill by the Senate. The bill, which reflects the growing concern over the spate of violence in the nation, was sponsored by the spokesman of the upper chamber,
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