‘It was meant to curb scammers’ – Senate withdraws bill to imprison social media critics

by Adeola Balogun A controversial bill, which provided a 7-year-jail term to punish “social media critics”, has been withdrawn by the Nigerian Senate. The offending provision which was contained in section 13 (3) of the proposed law on electronic fraud was removed following fears that it could be abused and misinterpreted. The development was disclosed... Read More