Through experience and in line of professional duty, one has unconsciously developed a thick skin against any negativity targeted at…
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The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has appealed to “authors of hate speech and fake news to rewind, soften up and…
Bigotry. We are big on it. To inflame passions and to smoke out the most reticent of Nigerians, flagellate the…
The Federal Government says it has no intention of shutting down social media. It said its plan is to regulate…
A Human Rights Group, the CLEEN Foundation has identified the use of hate speech and thugs by major political gladiators…
Recently, Nigerians woke up to a new normal that would define the future of freedom of expression and inability to…
Hate speech and fake news appear to be the exclusive preserve of religious and political leaders. This class can spread…
I hope it would not amount to ‘Hate Speech’ to make some confessions, especially, with a particular reference to Nigeria’s…
The phenomena of social media and Hate Speech are among issues causing problems to the State of Nigeria currently, with…
Democratic states of the world would not have existed at first, if they did, they would have gone into Oblivion…
First Osun. Then Kano. Now Kogi and Bayelsa states. The spate of violence during election brings doubt on Nigeria’s ability…
A coup is a curious thing. Those who make the coup never admit that they have made the coup. They…
I was in Maiduguri in 1992 with the current Managing Director of ‘The Nation’ newspaper, Mr Victor Ifijeh, then a…
The recent announcement by the information minister, Lai Mohammed, that the federal government is making plans to regulate the use…
Whilst users from around the world are protesting against Instagram blocking their accounts for “no apparent reason” citing “policy violations”, the photo-messaging…
Anyone willing to consult the international law book on the subject of free speech will find it heavy with protections…