LAGOS NOVEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate has distanced itself from the proposed Hate Speech Bill following series of criticism against the Bill aimed at stifling free speech. Acting spokesperson for the Senate, Senator Godiya Akwashiki, told journalists in Abuja on Monday that contrary to widespread impression, the bill was not the idea of the ninth Senate He…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chieftain, Chief Sunny Onuesoke has appealed to members of Nigeria Senate to halt further deliberation on the hate speech Bill for the interest of generality of people and peaceful co-existence of the Nation.. Onuesoke who condemned the hate speech Bill while addressing newsmen by the sideline at the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A lawyer, Tope Akinyode, has sued President Muhammadu Buhari and the Senate over the proposed ‘Protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulations Bill 2019.” In a suit he filed before the Federal High Court in Lagos, Akinyode seeks an order of perpetual injunction prohibiting the respondents from enacting the bill, “which was introduced…
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,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Convener, Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju, has rejected plans by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to censor usage of the social media in the country. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, had on Tuesday said there was no going back on plans by the administration to regulate activities on social media in…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Bill to increase Value Added Tax (VAT) from 5% to 7.5% has passed through second reading in the Senate. The VAT Bill was read the first the time on Tuesday, November 5, and now passed through second reading. The process was not without controversy as the senators could not get a…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A bill seeking to regulate social media in the country has passed first reading at the senate. The bill entitled, ‘protection from internet falsehood and manipulations bill, 2019’ is sponsored by Mohammed Sani Musa, senator representing Niger east. The proposed legislation was one of the 11 bills read for the first time…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Non Governmental Organization, NGO, ActionAid Nigeria, AAN, has called for the scrapping of the Senate or the House of Representatives to cut the cost of governance and save money for infrastructural development. The organization also recommended a slash of salaries of all lawmakers and political office holders to enable government save…