Minister of Information Lai Mohammed has backtracked on his earlier statement where he announced the increment of hate speech fine from N500,000 to N5million. The Minister to the shock of Nigerians made a blatant denial of announcing the increment under a sworn oath despite video evidence. This is coming after Human Rights Lawyer Inibehe Effiong
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The Federal Ministry of Information and Culture has allocated N336m in the 2021 budget to campaign against hate speech and fake news. This is contained in the 2021 budget proposal presented to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday. It reads in part, “ERGP9124023 Special enlightenment campaign on government policies and programmes; testimonial
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