The sponsor of the controversial Hate Speech Bill, Senator Sabi Abdullahi, on Sunday bowed to pressure as he declared that he would remove death penalty as the maximum punishment for offenders in the proposed legislation. Abdullahi, who is the Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate, in a statement in Abuja, explained that the death (by … Continue reading Hate speech bill sponsor removes death penalty clause
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Bring Back our Girls activist vows to disrupt ‘Nigeria’s politics of failure’
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