Social Media Bill

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, says the Social Media Bill currently before the National Assembly will bar Nigerian youths from making progress.He said that the National Assembly must…

The Senate has debunked news making the rounds that lawmakers were desperate to pass the social media bill rejected by Nigerians stating that it was still at the committee stage.According to the Spokesperson for the Nigerian Senate,…

In this piece, human rights activist and Convener of Concerned Nigerians, Comrade Deji Adeyanju warns of the dangers inherent in enacting the Social Media Bill currently before the Senate.“If liberty means anything at all, it means the…

Human Rights Activist and Convener of Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju has appealed to the Senate to cease further action on the Protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulation Bill, 2019 (SB 132) popularly known as Social Media Bill.…

News of a certain busty woman and her photos went viral on the internet some months ago as she caused what could only be described as an uproar at the popular Computer Village in Ikeja, Lagos state.The lady has however addressed the…

The controversial Anti-Social media bill has been discarded by the Nigerian senate.The petition bill 2015 (SB. 143), otherwise known as anti- social media bill, was sponsored Senator Bala Ibn Na’Allah (APC, Kebbi South).Following…

The Senate will expunge Section 4 of the Anti-Frivolous Petitions Bill, popularly known as ‘Anti-Social Media Bill,’ to give the media the freedom it deserved, the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has assured.This is contained in…

NIGERIANS are becoming ever more creative in the way they employ social media as tools of mass communication. In terms of their engagement of everyday reality and narration of contemporary events, the virtual world is fast becoming not just…

On Monday, Davido urged the Senate to pass the controversial social media bill after it was alleged that he has impregnated a Tanzanian model, Agnes Masogange who he claimed is already engaged to someone else.In a series of posts, he…

The Senate president, Bukola Saraki, yesterday said there is nothing like ‘Social Media Bill’ before the Senate while admitting that there are sections against the social media in the Frivolous Petitions Bill, which has generated…

This morning, HKN star Davido revealed that he wants the Senate to urgently pass the controversial social media bill.On his Snapchat, he complained that Bloggers and Social Media Users write a lot of fake stories and they get away with…

The reality has finally hit home. Nigerian elites are not just self-serving and conceited, but they are also chronically confused and conniving.This, to me, is a combination that is highly dangerous and painfully pitiful for a nation…

LAST week, a very controversial bill passed second reading in the Nigerian Senate. The bill titled: “Act to Prohibit Frivolous Petitions”, is sponsored by Senator Bala Ibn Na’Allah, a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC,…

The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has expressed support for the infamous Frivolous Petitions and Other Matters Bill, otherwise known as Social Media Bill, which has recently passed second reading…

The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has expressed support for the infamous Frivolous Petitions and Other Matters Bill, otherwise known as Social Media Bill, which has recently passed second reading…

A non-governmental organisation, Women Empowerment Educational Network (WEEN), Sokoto State, has condemned the Senate’s continued backing of the contentious Frivolous Petitions Bill popularly referred to as Social Media Bill among…

Following the calls for restriction of social media use in Nigeria by Senate and sponsored by Senator Bala Ibn Na’allah, more facts have emerged as to why such bill was sponsored.It was gathered that Senator Bala Ibn Na’allah had been…

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed displeasure with the controversial Social Media Bill which has passed Second Reading on the floor of the Senate.The bill sponsored by Senate Deputy Majority Leader, Bala Ibn Na’Allah (APC – Kebbi…

Following the calls for restriction of social media use in Nigeria by Senate and sponsored by Senator Bala Ibn Na'allah, more facts have emerged as to why such bill was sponsored.It was gathered that Senator Bala Ibn Na'allah had…

One would naturally wonder why the writer choose to go with this kind of heading at a time like this when there are many disgruntled Nigerians youths trending a hashtag #NoToSocialMediaBill which the legislative arm of Nigerian government…

Sahara Reporters with their fearless brand of journalism was the darling of the opposition during the Goodluck Jonathan administration.For instance here are some articles published by the New York based medium for then opposition figure…

National Coordinator of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), Otunba Gani Adams has said that the social media censorship bill proposed by the senate is not only a coup against the media, it is a coup against the people.While addressing…

Sahara Reporters with their fearless brand of journalism was the darling of the opposition during the Goodluck Jonathan administration.For instance here are some articles published by the New York based medium for then opposition figure…

National Coordinator of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), Otunba Gani Adams has said that the social media censorship bill proposed by the senate is not only a coup against the media, it is a coup against the people.While addressing…

After news broke that a bill to restrict the use of abusive language social media had passed Second Reading on the floor of the Senate, many Nigerians, most of them youths, took to social media to vent their frustration and anger with it.…