Hate Speech – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Thu, 07 Dec 2023 15:36:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png Hate Speech – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 INEC Chairman Warns Against Danger of Hate Speech in Electoral Process https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-chairman-warns-against-danger-of-hate-speech-in-electoral-process/ https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-chairman-warns-against-danger-of-hate-speech-in-electoral-process/#respond Thu, 07 Dec 2023 07:00:59 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=363540 The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, has issued a stern warning on the peril of hate speech within the electoral process. The caution came during the iVerify project launch organized by the International Press Centre in Abuja. Represented by the Acting Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Yakubu emphasized [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-chairman-warns-against-danger-of-hate-speech-in-electoral-process/feed/ 0 Hate Speech Is Inexcusable – Kim Kardashian https://www.theinfostride.com/hate-speech-is-inexcusable-kim-kardashian/ https://www.theinfostride.com/hate-speech-is-inexcusable-kim-kardashian/#respond Tue, 25 Oct 2022 19:35:24 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=334831 Popular celebrity, Kim Kardashian has finally broken her silence over her ex-husband, Kanye West’s anti-Semitism scandal. She recently had her say via her social media page, and fans have been reacting. According to her, hate speech is never okay or excusable, so she’ll continue to stand together with the Jewish community and call on the [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/hate-speech-is-inexcusable-kim-kardashian/feed/ 0 Nigerians Will Determine The Fate Of The Hate Speech Bill – Ahmed Lawan https://www.theinfostride.com/nigerians-will-determine-the-fate-of-the-hate-speech-bill-ahmed-lawan/ Tue, 17 Dec 2019 14:07:22 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=243500 Senate President, Senator Ahmad Lawan has said Nigerians will determine the fate of the controversial hate speech bill. He revealed this at a media parley in Abuja on the achievements of the 9th Senate in the past six months. According to him, Nigerians would have a specific date during the public hearing on the bill [...]

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]]> Hate Speech Bill Is Dangerous – Kadaria Ahmed https://www.theinfostride.com/hate-speech-bill-is-dangerous-kadaria-ahmed/ Wed, 27 Nov 2019 02:12:59 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=241916 A Nigerian journalist and editor has blasted the proposed hate speech bill. Popular broadcaster, Kadaria Ahmed, spoke on behalf of The Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria, the Nigerian Guild of Editors, the Nigerian Union of Journalists, the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers and the Online Publishers Association at “The Future Awards”, recently, at an event [...]

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]]> Hate Speech Bill Is Meant To Protect Nigerians – Sen Mohammed Musa https://www.theinfostride.com/hate-speech-bill-is-meant-to-protect-nigerians-sen-mohammed-musa/ Sun, 24 Nov 2019 20:22:17 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=241771 Senator Mohammed Sani Musa, APC, has said his hate speech bill is not his way of protecting people in power. According to him, he is not even doing it to safeguard himself as a legislator, instead, he is trying to protect Nigerians from social media misuse. He added that if other countries can regulate their [...]

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]]> National Assembly Does Not Have The Power To Pass Hate Speech Bill — Falana https://www.theinfostride.com/national-assembly-does-not-have-the-power-to-pass-hate-speech-bill-falana/ Mon, 18 Nov 2019 23:17:54 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=241161 Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN) has come out to say that the National Assembly does not have the legislative competence to pass the controversial bill for the establishment of Hate Speech Commission. He revealed this in a recent statement where he said hate speech is a residual matter, and the bill would infringe [...]

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]]> Hate Speech Bill Is Unconstitutional And Undemocratic – PDP https://www.theinfostride.com/hate-speech-bill-is-unconstitutional-and-undemocratic-pdp/ Thu, 14 Nov 2019 02:54:11 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=240869 The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has blasted and rejected the Hate Speech Prohibition Bill in the National Assembly, seeking strict punishment including death by hanging as a penalty. The opposition party gave the rejection in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan on Wednesday in Abuja. According to Mr. Kola, even [...]

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]]> Hate Speech Bill Is A Time Bomb On Journalism In Nigeria — Dr. Edith Ohaja https://www.theinfostride.com/hate-speech-bill-is-a-time-bomb-on-journalism-in-nigeria-dr-edith-ohaja/ Thu, 14 Nov 2019 02:29:37 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=240839 Head of the Department of Mass Communication, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, Dr. Edith Ugochi Ohaja has said the proposed bill trying to place the death penalty on whoever is convicted of hate speech is a time bomb on the journalism profession in Nigeria. According to Dr. Edith, she cannot believe the bill is being [...]

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]]> People Close To Power Are Also Guilty Of Hate Speech ― Chidi Odinkalu https://www.theinfostride.com/people-close-to-power-are-also-guilty-of-hate-speech-%e2%80%95-prof-chidi-odinkalu/ Mon, 04 Nov 2019 01:28:52 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=240349 Human Right Activist, Professor Chidi Odinkalu has said that those that are close to the government are also guilty of terrible hate speeches. According to him, these people are untouchables while some other people end up getting punished for less. While chatting with Vanguard on Twitter, calling for the execution of Ahmad Salkida, Farooq Kperogi, [...]

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]]> Hate Speech Is Meant To Cause Disunity – Lai Mohammed https://www.theinfostride.com/hate-speech-is-meant-to-cause-disunity-lai-mohammed/ Thu, 09 Aug 2018 01:57:23 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=213040 Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said the opposition is using fake news and hate speech as campaign tools to de-market President Muhammadu Buhari, ahead of the 2019 general elections. “Buhari has indicated interest to contest the 2019 presidential election under the platform of his ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC). “The opposition has latched on to [...]

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]]> Urban Renewal Program: Imperatives Of Relocating Owerri Main Market https://www.theinfostride.com/urban-renewal-program-imperatives-of-relocating-owerri-main-market/ Tue, 29 Aug 2017 23:14:20 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=180160 It is interesting that many people have shunned the need to focus on the gains of relocating Owerri Main Market Christened Eke Ukwu Owerri by the indigenous people of Owerri Nchi Ise and decided to adamantly and blindly focused on the pains of relocation and demolition of shanties along Dauglas Road. From onset when the [...]

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]]> Hate Speech: Middle-Belt Youths voice out Concern https://www.theinfostride.com/hate-speech-middle-belt-youths-voice-out-concern/ Mon, 28 Aug 2017 20:58:16 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=179977 The Middle-Belt Youth Council has express their dissatisfaction with the level of hate filled speeches dish out by some misguided groups of people in the country. In a press release read by the President of the council, Emma Zopmal, at the plateau state chapter of the Nigeria Union Of Journalist (NUJ) secretariat in Jos, the [...]

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]]> FG directs NBC to sanction Erring Stations over Hate Speech https://www.theinfostride.com/fg-directs-nbc-to-sanction-erring-stations-over-hate-speech/ Mon, 28 Aug 2017 17:57:55 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=179750 Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has directed the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to sanction any radio or television station that broadcasts hate speech, as part of efforts to stem the growing tide of hate speech in the country. The Minister issued the directive in Abuja on Thursday at the 3rd Annual [...]

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]]> Telling The Truth Cannot Be Termed As Hate Speech – Fayose https://www.theinfostride.com/telling-the-truth-cannot-be-termed-as-hate-speech-fayose/ Sat, 19 Aug 2017 16:38:10 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=178945 As usual, Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has blasted the Federal Government for callling hate speeches as the act of terrorism. Fayose said the statement is a scheme to silence the opposition. “This appears as another plot to silence the opposition and I make bold to say that saying the truth concerning the country and [...]

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]]> We’ve Drawn A Line Against Hate Speech – Yemi Osinbajo https://www.theinfostride.com/weve-drawn-a-line-against-hate-speech-yemi-osinbajo/ Fri, 18 Aug 2017 14:52:39 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=178765 Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has urged Nigerian leaders to voice out against hate speech in the country, calling it another form of terrorism. Yemi Osinbajo stressed that it is vital for leaders to always condemn hate speech as silence could be misinterpreted as an endorsement. “The Federal Government has today drawn the line on hate [...]

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]]> Hate Speech is an Act of Terrorism, Acting President Osinbajo warns https://www.theinfostride.com/hate-speech-is-an-act-of-terrorism-acting-president-osinbajo-warns/ Thu, 17 Aug 2017 18:16:09 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=178697 Nigeria’s Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has declared that the country has draw line today as hate speech will no longer be tolerated. It’s an act of terrorism, he warns. Opening Remarks by His Excellency The Acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, GCON, At The National Economic Council (NEC), National Security Retreat, at the Banquet Hall [...]

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]]> Fake News, Disinformation, Hate Speech among Political Tools to discredit Government – Lai Mohammed https://www.theinfostride.com/fake-news-disinformation-hate-speech-among-political-tools-to-discredit-government-lai-mohammed/ Sat, 22 Jul 2017 23:19:28 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=173260 The Minister of Information and Culture, Alh. Lai Mohammed, has said the growing cases of hate speech, disinformation and fake news in the country are being orchestrated by naysayers and their sponsors to discredit the government, destabilize the polity and make the country ungovernable. The Minister made the statement at the Extra-ordinary Meeting of the [...]

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]]> We’re Working On A Bill To Curb Hate Speech – Ben Murray-Bruce https://www.theinfostride.com/were-working-on-a-bill-to-curb-hate-speech-ben-murray-bruce/ Thu, 29 Jun 2017 07:48:57 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=170083 Sen. Ben Murray-Bruce has said the National Assembly will soon work on a bill that will punish people engaging in hate speeches in the country. The Senator representing Bayelsa East Senatorial District said the National Assembly will soon work on a bill that stipulates great consequences for people engaging in hate speeches in the country. [...]

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]]> NHRC Boss Condemns Fani-Kayode Over Fulani Hate Speech https://www.theinfostride.com/nhrc-boss-condemns-fani-kayode-over-fulani-hate-speech/ Thu, 01 Oct 2015 01:16:21 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=101484 Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Prof. Chidi Odinkalu has condemned former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, over his recent widely circulated article titled: ‘The herdsmen from hell,’ where he (Fani-Kayode) described the suspected Fulani herdsmen, who recently kidnapped the former Secretary to Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae, as East [...]

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