Hate Speeches – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Sat, 13 Feb 2021 22:11:12 +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 Speeches – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 Facebook Records very low Hate Speech Reports in 2020 https://www.theinfostride.com/facebook-records-very-low-hate-speech-reports-in-2020/ https://www.theinfostride.com/facebook-records-very-low-hate-speech-reports-in-2020/#respond Sat, 13 Feb 2021 22:11:12 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=284695 The report can be viewed in detail here; it contains data about different metrics for user engagement on the platform between October and December 2020. According to Facebook, hate speech prevalence faced a decline from 0.10-0.11% in the previous quarter to 0.07-0.08% in this one. This essentially means that there were 7-8 views of hate [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/facebook-records-very-low-hate-speech-reports-in-2020/feed/ 0 Fake News And Hate Speeches Are Dividing Nigeria – Aminu Tambuwal https://www.theinfostride.com/fake-news-and-hate-speeches-are-dividing-nigeria-aminu-tambuwal/ Sun, 23 Dec 2018 12:14:25 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=223898 Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Saturday has urged journalists to ignore fake news and work within the rules that govern their profession. Tambuwal said hate speech and fake news are becoming very negative forces that divide the society. “This has since become a threat in our Democratic system, as such we should always [...]

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]]> Hate Speeches Are Not What Anambra People Want To Hear – Bartho Igwedibia https://www.theinfostride.com/hate-speeches-are-not-what-anambra-people-want-to-hear-bartho-igwedibia/ Wed, 08 Nov 2017 05:36:27 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=188126 Chief Bartho Igwedibia, the Chairman, Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) in Anambra, has urged security agencies to keep their feet on the ground in tackling rising cases of political misconducts in Anambra. Igwedibia made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Akwa. He said reports of destruction [...]

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]]> Oyo-Ita calls on Public Servants to avoid Hate Speeches https://www.theinfostride.com/oyo-ita-calls-on-public-servants-to-avoid-hate-speeches/ Tue, 05 Sep 2017 21:56:46 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=180904 Mrs. Winifred Ekanem Oyo-Ita who is the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, has urged the Public Servants in the country to avoid any form of hate speeches and continue to pray for the peace, unity and development of the country. Mrs. Oyo-Ita who made the call in Abuja recently in her Eid-el- [...]

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]]> The Army Can’t Arrest People For Hate Speeches – John Enenche https://www.theinfostride.com/the-army-cant-arrest-people-for-hate-speeches-john-enenche/ Sat, 02 Sep 2017 10:14:32 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=180583 The military has rejected reports it would arrest promoters of hate speech on social media, pointing it out that it does not have the power to do so. Major-General John Enenche made this statement recently. He said, “There was nothing like that. We do not have power to arrest people for hate speeches. It is [...]

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]]> No New Law Has Been Made On Hate Speeches – Ita Enang https://www.theinfostride.com/no-new-law-has-been-made-on-hate-speeches-ita-enang/ Thu, 31 Aug 2017 08:01:33 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=180386 Sen. Ita Enang, has told Nigerians that the Federal Government has not forgotten existing laws against defamation, libel, sedition and other related matters. Enang in a statement by his Media Aide, Essien Inyang on Monday in Abuja, said the directive was only a plea for proper enforcement of existing laws to avoid anarchy in the [...]

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]]> FG Declares Fri,1st and Mon, 4th Sep 2017 as Public Holidays to mark Ed-il-Kabir https://www.theinfostride.com/fg-declares-fri1st-and-mon-4th-sep-2017-as-public-holidays-to-mark-ed-il-kabir/ Tue, 29 Aug 2017 22:44:18 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=180155 The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared Friday, 1st and Monday 4th September, 2017 as Public Holidays to mark Ed-il-Kabir Celebration. The Minister of Interior, Lt Gen. (Rtd) Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated Muslim faithful and all Nigerians to use the occasion to pray for peace, [...]

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]]> Radio Stations That Air Hate Speeches Will Be Sanctioned – FG https://www.theinfostride.com/radio-stations-that-air-hate-speeches-will-be-sanctioned-fg/ Sun, 27 Aug 2017 00:13:29 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=179816 The Federal Government on Thursday instructed the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to sanction any radio or television station that broadcasts hate speech. The minister said that the directive was part of efforts to stem the growing tide of hate speech in the country. “As a matter of fact, the challenges facing the NBC have never [...]

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]]> The Rate Of Hate Speeches Is Now Alarming – Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar https://www.theinfostride.com/the-rate-of-hate-speeches-is-now-alarming-alhaji-saad-abubakar/ Sat, 26 Aug 2017 23:40:56 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=179806 The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar said on Thursday that the traditional institution was in full support of the recent move by the Federal Government to criminalise hate speech and fake news. He said that the traditional institution was not against the recent declaration by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as Acting President that “none [...]

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