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Biden: I’m Warmed Up For Work

Biden: I’m Warmed Up To Work

November 7, 2020 4:16 am

In a speech from Wilmington, Delaware, Biden reiterated that he would win the election, even with counting of votes still ongoing. 

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 “We don’t have a final declaration of victory yet, but the numbers tell us it’s clear. We are going to win this race,” he stated.

The former vice president said he and his running mate, Kamala Harris, were already meeting with experts as they prepare for the White House.

As of the time of the speech, Biden’s lead over President Donald Trump was growing in Arizona, Georgia, …

Hate Against Hate Speech Bill

December 26, 2019 8:56 am

Whenever and wherever it is mentioned, it arouses instant anger and angst. And it is always spontaneous and ferocious. Such is the deep-seated hate against the hate speech bill.

The hate is growing and the complexity of the bill is becoming messier by the second. No one is willing to give it a chance; not by any mistake. That would be deadly and costly.

Sure, its senator proponent, Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, would marvel at the backlash. His (un)distinguishable action has brought the worst out of the Senate. That is why its second reading was angrily stalled, attracting great rage and

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Social Media Bill, Attempt To Muzzle Free Speech, Says CDD

December 25, 2019 7:38 am

The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has described the debate on the ‘Protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulation Bill 2019 (SB 132),’ known as the Social Media Bill as an attempt to muzzle free speech.

According to a statement signed by the Director, CDD, Idayat Hassan, the legislation which has passed a second reading in the Senate, is an attempt to use the legislative process to muzzle freedom of expression.
Hassan noted that the bill purports to tackle the increasing problem of false information in Nigeria.

He further stated that a number of draconian provisions in the bill empowers …

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Ahmed Lawan Says Hate Speech Bill Won’t Be Passed

December 5, 2019 3:22 am

Following the public outcry that greeted the hate speech bill, the Senate President Ahmed Lawan has said the Senate won’t pass the proposed anti-free speech bills.

Lawan made the disclosure in response to a detailed written protest letter against the hate speech bill and anti-social media bill before the senate by the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA.

He said legislators will listen to the pulse of the Nigerians who have rejected the bills and will do exactly as they demanded.

Lawan had in his letter to HURIWA dated November 20th 2019 which was endorsed by his Chief of …

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Falana: Border Closure And Hate Speech Bill Are Illegal

December 5, 2019 3:22 am

Lagos Fiery Lawyer, Mr Femi Falana(SAN), has declared that the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government was allegedly misled into having the erroneous impression that only border closure can guarantee food security and economic development in the country.

Falana, a social crusader and human rights activist added that the National Assembly lacks the constitutional powers to promulgate any law under the guise of Hate Speech, saying such was not captured under the exclusive and concurrent lists of the 1999 constitution.

The human rights lawyer clarified that going ahead to promulgate such law would not only betray the trust reposed in the …

Hang Buhari, Osinbajo, Tinubu, Others For Hate Speech – FFK

December 2, 2019 9:25 am

The former Minister of Aviation, Nigeria, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode via his verified Facebook page voiced the only terms he’ll parley to if he were to support the hate speech bill.

 

“I will support the Hate Speech Bill if its provisions are made retroactive and if its first victims are Muhammadu Buhari, Bola Tinubu, Yemi Osinbajo, Lai Mohammed, Nasir El Rufai, Festus Keyamo, Rotimi Amaechi, Adams Oshiomole, Femi Adesina and Shehu Garba.”

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“Promise to hang them first for their hateful words over the years and the Bill gets my …

Hate Speech: Nigeria Back To Dictatorship – Bishop Obinna

December 2, 2019 9:22 am

The Metropolitan Archbishop of Owerri Ecclesiastical Province, Most Rev. Anthony Obinna has said that the country is gradually drifting to military-like dictatorship if the proposed hate speech bill before the National Assembly is allowed to succeed.

The cleric who was delivering a homily yesterday, December 1, 2019 at the Maria Assumpta Cathedral Parish, Owerri during the mass  to inaugurate the Catholic Lawyers Association of Nigeria declared that many things are going wrong in the country as a result of bad leadership.

According to him, reckless killing of people are going on everyday, kidnapping is the order of the day, all …

Hate Speech Bill: No Retreat, No Surrender – Abdullahi Sabi

December 1, 2019 7:58 am

Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi is the sponsor of the controversial bill on Hate Speech, which prescribes a death penalty for promoters of incitement and other violent crimes. 

Although he has jettisoned the death penalty clause, more stakeholders are still calling for a total discontinuation of the consideration of the bill.

In this interview with Sunday Sun, the Niger North senator who doubles as the deputy chief whip of the Senate spoke on the bill. He also spoke on the allegation of the Senate being a rubber stamp, among other issues.

 

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Hate Speech Bill: Buhari Wants To Gag Nigerians – CAN

November 29, 2019 9:16 am

The  Christain Association of Nigeria (CAN) has raised the alarm over the controversial Hate Speech Bill, which it claimed is a ploy by the Buhari-led administration to gag Nigerians.

CAN said the bill is meant to distract Nigerians from discussing topical issues that have direct effect on their survival and wellbeing such as poverty, corruption and the provision of good health facilities, among others.

CAN Director of Legal and Public Affairs, Kwamkur Samuel Vondip, said in a statement that the body was concerned about ongoing national debates and outcry over the proposed bill.

He encouraged governments at all levels and …

Hate Speech Bill Targets The Poor – Advocats Sans Frontiers

November 28, 2019 9:01 am

As public debate on a controversial Hate Speech bill before the Nigerian Senate heats up, rights organisation Advocats Sans Frontiers (Lawyers Without Borders) has weighed in on the development, describing the bill which had proposed the death penalty for Hate Speech as attempt to discriminate against the poor.

Head of the organisation in Nigeria Angela Uwandu said that it was unfortunate that Nigeria still has capital punishment laws at a time the world is moving away from the practice.

Advocats SANS Frontiers France with the support of the European Union had organised a two-day training for selected civil …

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Hate Speech Bill, Beginning Of Dictatorship, Says Babalola

November 27, 2019 12:21 pm

The much touted hate speech Bill being proposed by the Senate Wednesday received another vituperation, as a legal luminary, Chief Afe Babalola (SAN), described it as a slide into dictatorship.

Babalola, founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD), said it was needless and unwarranted for anyone to contemplate another law to deal with false publications, when there were laws already promulgated to take care of such situation.

The bill, sponsored by the Deputy Chief Whip, Aliyu Abdullahi, has passed the first reading at the Senate, prescribing death penalty for anyone found guilty of spreading falsehood that led to the …

Whose Hate Speech Threatens National Unity?

November 24, 2019 10:46 am
There seems to be a correlation between pursuit of criminalization of free speech (hate speech) and Press Council Amendment Bill the Nigerian Press Organisation (NPO) and BON rejected outright during a public hearing on the bill… This concluding part of Inside Stuff’s submission to the Veritas University, Abuja (The Catholic University of Nigeria) on “Hate Speech and National Security”, also speaks to the futility of pursuing another legislation against Sections 22 and 39 of the 1999 Constitution… Read on…As I was saying, seeking to criminalise speech making and advertising it as hate speech because it is unfavourable to powerful and
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