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Controversial social media bill passes second reading in Senate
The Senate on Wednesday passed for second reading a bill for an act to make provision for the protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulations for and for related matters. The bill, which was sponsored by Senator Musa Mohammed Sani representing Niger East Senatorial District would restrict cyberspace falsehood against any citizen if passed into law. […]
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Senate issues 7-day ultimatum to CBN, FIRS, others
The senate on Wednesday issued 7-day ultimatum to the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Federal Inland Revenue Service, and others defaulting to submit their statements of income and expenditure accounts spanning from 2017- 2019 to do so or face dire consequences. Other agencies are the Federal Airport Authority, Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria and the […]
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Social media Bill not targeted at new media – Senate Spokesman
Chairman, Senate committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Godiya Akwashiki, has assured that the controversial social media Bill was not to gag online journalists. Rather, he said the Bill was designed to “regulate the activities of social media, people that are interested in posting things and to make sure you don’t post things that […]
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We will honour all Buhari’s request- Senate president, Ahmed Lawan
President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, has declared that any request President Muhammadu Buhari sends to the senate would make Nigeria better. Lawan made the declaration while hosting the chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) Prof Itse Sagay in his office in Abuja yesterday. He assured that lawmakers are all ready and […]
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Senate President under fire for declaring all Buhari’s request good for Nigeria
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, on Friday described the 9th senate under the leadership of Ahmed Lawan as a ‘rubber stamp.” He said this while frowning at the comment by the Senate President that any request from President Muhammadu Buhari was good for Nigeria. Lawan had in a statement said that the senate would always […]
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