The nation’s democratic principles and the electoral process are at risk from hate speech, according to the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof....
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed worries over the surge in the rate of fake news, hate speech and misinformation across the country. Naija...
The apex northern socio-cultural group, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has commended Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State for apologising over his ethnic comment on the presidential...
As campaigns have officially started ahead of the 2023 general elections, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Atiku Abubakar has charged the party’s supporters...
The Department of State Services (DSS) has revealed the major threats to the country’s unity ahead of the 2023 general elections. Speaking during a media briefing...
Expression Now Human Rights Initiative, a non-governmental organisation, has dragged the Federal Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari before the ECOWAS Court of Justice over the...
Broadcast stations that allow their platforms to be used to insult Nigerian leaders will henceforth pay the price for such actions. This was disclosed in a...
Broadcasting stations in Nigeria that broadcast materials considered to be hate speech will pay between half a million and five million, the Federal Government has said....
Bishop David Oyedepo, the founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide also known as Winners Chapel, has condemned the Nigerian Senate for trying to introduce a bill...
Media houses have been warned by the National Broadcasting Commission to desist from airing hate speech which would henceforth attract a fine of #5 million. The...
Nigerian Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has disclosed new move by the federal government that will ensure proper regulation of its citizens’ activities on...
Aisha Yesufu Bombs Buhari Again Aisha Yesufu, human rights activist and co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls Group, has accused Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari of...
Naija News has obtained the steps and procedures followed by the National Assembly in Nigeria before bills are passed by the legislators. The steps were made...
Presidency Explains Why Nigeria Need Social Media Regulation The presidency has warned that Nigeria risks experiencing more lawlessness, violence, and deaths should the social media space...
The Minister of Aviation under the Goodluck Jonathan administration, Femi Fani-Kayode, has reacted to the statement credited to the general overseer of the Living Faith Church,...
Peller Counters Hate Speech Bill A member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Shina Peller has reacted to the controversial hate speech bill currently before the...
Bishop David Oyedepo, the General Overseer of Living Faith Church Worldwide, also known as Winners Chapel, has opposed the proposed National Commission for the Prohibition of...
President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, Aisha, has thrown her weight behind the proposed legislation to regulate social media. Naija News understands that protesters had stormed the National...
Afe Babalola Condemns Hate Speech Bill Chief Afe Babalola has declared that Nigeria does not need the hate speech law currently been considered by the country’s...
The social media regulation and hate speech bills being debated on the floor of the National Assembly are nothing but a misplace of priority. This is...