UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday launched a new global strategy to combat hate speech, a growing scourge he said has “poisoned” debate on crucial challenges like migration.
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‘You overstepped your brief’ — Keyamo hits US ambassador over comments on elections
Festus Keyamo, spokesman of President Muhammadu Buhari reelection campaign, says the United States has displayed its double standard for the world to see. Keyamo said this in reaction to a
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Hate speech, use of hard drugs pose serious threat to polls
A non-governmental Organisation, CleenFoundation, has warned that hate speech and misinformation by the media remains a critical threat to credible elections. It also identified widespread availability and use of hard drugs as serious threat to the electoral process, especially in the northern part of the country. Its Executive Director, Dr. Benson Olugbo disclosed this while presenting findings […]
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Elections: UN warns against hate speech, acrimony
EXTRA: ‘I consider it hate speech’ — Shehu Sani wants el-Rufai’s wife to stop talking about his hair
Shehu Sani, senator representing Kaduna central, has asked Nasir el-Rufai, governor of the state, to caution his wife over her comments on his hair. In a Facebook post on Saturday,
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Shehu Sani: Some govt officials condemn hate speech but sponsor attacks on their opponents
Shehu Sani, lawmaker representing Kaduna central senatorial district, says some people in government are raising concerns about hate speech while they pay some media users to attack and defame others.
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El-Rufai accuses Dunamis pastor of incitement, vows to sue him
Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, says he will sue Paul Enenche (pictured), senior pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre (DIGC), over an alleged incitement. El-Rufai said this on Thursday when
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Lai: Fake news, hate speech are big threats to 2019 polls
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Sometime in July last year, the Department of State Services hosted a national seminar on unity in diversity, security and development in Abuja. In his address to the participants, the vice-president, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, raised an issue that was not then playing in the public space, namely, hate speech. He warned that “hate speech precedes genocide, the greatest tragedy in human history.”
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