LAGOS JANUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senate Deputy Chief Whip, Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, sponsor of the National Commission for the Prohibition of Hate Speech (Establishment) Bill 2019 has hinted that the death penalty has been dropped. The bill prescribes that any person who commits hate speech offence shall be liable to life imprisonment and where the act causes…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi on Sunday said that his controversial Hate Speech Bill, which proposed “death by hanging” for offenders would be reworked to suit the wishes of Nigerians before passage. The Bill titled: “National Commission for the Prohibition of Hate Speeches (Establishment, etc) Bill, 2019”…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Bill to Establish a Commission for the Prohibition of Hate Speeches on Tuesday bounced back in the Senate. The Bill titled, “National Commission for the Prohibition of Hate Speeches (Est, etc) Bill, 2019(SB.154) and sponsored by the Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, All Progressives Congress, APC,…