“Coordinator-in-Chief” “Return to your church” | Prof. Yemi Osinbajo draws the line against hate speech. TwitterNG roasts him alive

Hate speech is a specie terrorism – Osinbajo

The Federal Government has drawn a line on hate speech. Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday said hate speech is a specie of terrorism. He said, “FG has today drawn the line on hate speech. Hate speech is a specie of terrorism. The Terrorism Prevention Act 2011 as amended defines terrorism as an act which deliberately... Read More

FG, Hate Speech, terrorism, Yemi Osinbajo

August 15, 2017

Bill on hate speech, jungle justice will be given priority – Saraki

Senate President Bukola Saraki, in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Yusuph Olaniyonu, has said the passage of bills against hate speech and jungle justice will be given priority when the chamber resumes from annual recess. Saraki stated that the bill would be a major part of the Senate’s... Read More

Bukola Saraki, Hate Speech, Jungle justice, Senate President

August 10, 2017

Arrest perpetrators of hate speech, Odigie-Oyegun tells Osinbajo

The leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), John Odigie-Oyegun, has urged Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, to order security agencies to arrest perpetrators of hate speeches, images, and songs. Oyegun made the call yesterday, in his reaction to a hate song for the Igbos which has been circulating especially in the northern part of the country,... Read More

hate song against Igbos in the North, Hate Speech, John Odigie-Oyegun, secession

July 18, 2017

Fan the flame: When does Fani-Kayode become a hate speaker?

by Alexander O. Onukwue As, you may have noticed, someone is particularly on Fani-Kayode’s case today, and not without good reason. He’s set to enter the race to lead the PDP and there have been reactions to his comments on El Rufai and Tony Blair. Chief FFK is a man of influence, who is likely... Read More

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Femi Fani-Kayode, FFK, Hate Speech, PDP

June 26, 2017

Femi Fani-Kayode: Is Nigeria a free nation or a conquered vassal state?

by Femi Fani-Kayode “I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves”- Harriet Tubman How can anyone describe Nigeria as a free nation when Sheik Othman Dan Fodio, the hero of the core Muslim north, the father of the Fulani Caliphate and the first Mahdi... Read More

biafra, Femi Fani-Kayode, Hate Speech, Islamic bias, nigeria, opinion, Religion, tribalism

June 20, 2017

African leaders lack the mental capacity and discipline to rule | IPOB tackles Osinbajo over his comment on hate speech and secession

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Tuesday attacked Yemi Osinbajo over his comment on those who promote hate speech or ask to secede. IPOB said it was empowered by charters and conventions under international law to seek self-determination as an indigenous people. It added that domesticated charters and conventions were binding on member countries.... Read More

Arewa, biafra, Hate Speech, IPOB, Kaduna Declaration, Northern youth, quit notice to Igbos, secession, Yemi Osinbajo

June 20, 2017

Buhari’s statements gave anti-Igbo campaigners confidence – Fayose

Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose has claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari’s utterances gave confidence to a particular section of the country to make hate speeches. Fayose said this in Ado Ekiti during a meeting with members of the Conference of Ekiti State Private Sectors and non-indigenes on Monday. Fayose said Buhari got it wrong by... Read More

anti-igbo, Ayodele Fayose, confidence, Hate Speech, President Muhammadu Buhari, statements

June 16, 2017

Peregrino Brimah: If you arrest Arewa Youth, you must arrest Senator Ekweremadu

by Peregrino Brimah I totally disagree with any deportment towards ejecting peoples who have come to live peacefully in any territory, however I am fully in support of the right of self determination as decided upon by the majority. This noted, as regards the recent posture of the federal and Kaduna state governments, there is once again a... Read More

Arewa Youth, biafra, Hate Speech, nigeria, Nnamdi Kanu, opinion, Pergrino Brimah, politic, Senator Ekweremadu

March 10, 2017

The Thread: “It’s really intimidation at this point” | Nigerians react to Audu Maikori’s second arrest

Nigerians raise their voices once again to cry #FreeAudu. And why? Because Audu Maikori, Chocolate City Group boss and champion of Southern Kaduna crisis has been re-arrested by the police. On a Friday. Again. This is what Twitter thinks about the matter: Audu Maikori has been arrested in Lagos and is being taken to Kaduna... Read More

#FreeAudu, Audu Maikori, el rufai, Hate Speech, nigeria, Politics, Second areest, Southern Kaduna

March 6, 2017

Arit Okpo: What Zamfara taught me [NEW VOICES]

by Arit Okpo I did my National Youth Service in Zamfara right around the time that Sharia started in the state. Getting my call up letter threw me into a blind panic that lasted until I actually got to Zamfara and realized that it wasn’t as bad as I had thought it would be. On... Read More

Arit Opko, Hate Speech, New Voices, nigeria, Zamfara

February 17, 2017

The Thread: MI Abaga and other Nigerians cry out for the FG to #FreeAudu

Since Audu Maikori, Chocolate City Group boss and native of Southern Kaduna took on the job of letting Nigerians know the extent to which Southern Kaduna had become a killing field, controversy stirred. He was accused of instigating hate and spreading falsehood and using fake pictures to buttress his messages. It turned out that one... Read More

#FreeAudu, Audu Maikori, democracy, DSS, Hate Speech, mi abaga, nigeria, Southern Kaduna

February 8, 2017

Hate speech could become a hydra-headed monster if unchecked – Lai

Minister for Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says the trend of hate speech if left unchecked could become a hydra-headed monster. Mohammed said this while speaking on Tuesday night in Lagos at the conference dinner of the first West Africa regional round of the Oxford prize media law moot court competition. He said the... Read More

Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Hate Speech, Hydra-headed monster, national security, peace

January 27, 2017

Opinion: “Hate” Speech | Between Apostle Suleiman and the Sultan of Sokoto

by Jude Ndukwe At a two-day conference organized by the International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID), an inter-governmental organization that promotes dialogue to build peace in conflict areas, the Sultan of Sokoto, in a veiled reference to the recent calls on Christians by Christian leaders to defend themselves against the unabated and murderous attacks of genocidal magnitude... Read More

Apostle Suleman, Hate Speech, nigeria, Religious violence, Sultan of Sokoto

January 25, 2017

The Thread: “Hate speeches against Christians have been going on in Mosques from time immemorial”

Can two walk together except they agree? Except one is gagged and bound. “Hate speech,” according to the American Bar Association, “is speech that offends, threatens, or insults groups, based on race, colour, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or other traits.” This is what Apostle Suleman has been accused of when he gave this message to members... Read More

Apostle Suleman, Christians versus Muslims, Hate Speech, nigeria, Religious violence, Southern Kaduna

September 11, 2016

‘Happily, Nigeria is broke…’ – DG NOA

The Director-General of the National Orientation Agency, Garba Abari, has expressed delight at the lack of “free money” in the country due to the slump in oil prices. He said the situation would make us look inwards and quit being consumers. Abari said, “Happily, the country is broke, if we had lived a life of... Read More

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economy, free money, Garba Abari, Hate Speech, NOA, Oil prices

June 11, 2016

Opinion: El-Rufai, hate speech and the conspiracy of silence

by John Danfulani In November of 2015 Governor Shehu Aliyu Shema of Katsina State was caught in a video calling APC opponents Cockroaches and commanded his PDP troop of loyalist to crush them. In March 2016, the former First Lady Dame Patience Jonathan also admonished PDP’s footsoldiers to stone anybody who said change. His Excellency... Read More

Aliyu Shema, APC, el rufai, Hate Speech, kaduna, Patience Jonathan, PDP

March 11, 2015