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Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has recanted his statement, saying that the attempt by this administration to sanitize social media is not to stifle the media, days after denying knowledge of the existence of the Social Media Bill. The minister had denied the existence of the...

Zahra Buhari-Indimi who held the first edition of her “An Afternoon with Zahra” which was organised in Abuja by her foundation ZMB Homes, publicly expressed her support for the social media bill which has ignited controversy in the last few weeks. The President's daughter who lamented over...

Ibrahim Babangida, former military leader, has joined other Nigerians to condemn the Hate Speech Bill that is being sponsored in the 9th Senate by Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi. Speaking in his Minna Uphill residence while hosting the National President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ)...

The 2019 version of an anti-social media bill has been read for the second time on the floor of the Nigerian Senate, paving the way for its passage into law. Titled Protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulation Bill 2019 (SB 132), it brings a government hammer into conversations hosted on...

A Bill to regulate the use of social media by Nigerians on Wednesday scaled second reading in Senate. The controversial Bill titled: “A Bill for an Act to make provisions for the protection from internet falsehood and manipulations and for related matters, 2019,” was sponsored by Senator...

Senator David Umaru ,The Chairman, Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Senator has spoken on why the Nigerian Senate decided to throw out the controversial Frivolous Petition Bill 2016, otherwise known as the ‘Social Media Bill.’ According to him, the senate made...

The Cyber Security Experts Association of Nigeria (CSEAN) said the plans by the Nigeria Senate to gag social media would increase cybercrime in the country. CSEAN President, Remi Afon, while condemning the move, said it violated the United Nations Universal Declaration on Human Rights. "No...