• Experts Review Code of Election Coverage Ahead 2019 Elections

    Experts Review Code of Election Coverage Ahead 2019 Elections0

    Worried by the upbraid on media coverage during the last general elections, a panel of media experts are undertaking a review of the ‘Code of Election Coverage’ ahead of the 2019 general elections. Generally in agreement that there were glaring shortcomings in the media coverage of the 2015 general elections, the panel, however, rejected any

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  • Hate Speech on Hangman’s Noose?

    Hate Speech on Hangman’s Noose?0

    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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  • Hate Speech: IPC Warns Against Proposed Bill…Wants Detained Journalist Released

    Hate Speech: IPC Warns Against Proposed Bill…Wants Detained Journalist Released0

    The International Press Centre (IPC) Lagos-Nigeria has called on the Senate to drop the proposed hate speech bill that seeks to recommend death sentence for hate speech ‘offenders’. The bill which is being sponsored by Senate Spokesperson, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi proposes that anyone found guilty of any form of hate speech could face death

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