Is this story for real? According to a report by Daily Trust, the Nigerian Senate is set to pass law seeking 7 year jail term for social media critics.

The newspaper reports that the Senate has reached an advanced stage to pass a bill that seeks seven years jail term for social media critics found guilty of inciting the public against the government.

The proposed legislation which has scaled second reading in the upper legislative chamber is also proposing a stiffer punishment for internet fraudsters and.... [Nigerian Senate seeks 7 year jail term for social ... http://splashentertain..com/2013/12/nigerian-senate-seeks-7-year-jail-term.html?spref=tw]

It can't work. If it does, that means all nairalanders will go to jail, because all nairalanders are critics. They know how to oppress the masses and create policies only favourable to them. They don't want the public to criticize them when they misbehave. Are this law makers educated? Its not long they passed freedom of information bill, so why this controversial bill? How many years jail term did they prescribe for public funds looters? Omg! Nigeria is in trouble.

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ma go baf

And how many years jail time for looters of our treasury

I'VE ALWAYS KNOWN THAT THE SENATE, HOUSE OF REPS, AND FG WILL ONE DAY GIVE GORDONS, FUNNY BONE, BASKET MOUTH AND OTHER COMEDIAN A TOUGHER COMPETITION IN JOKES AND COMEDY.

THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING!!!!!!!!

Believe me, the cost of enacting this single law will be above N10b. We will the cost of each bill within the calender.
Total 2013 allocation to Senate divide by the number of bills passed.

psucc: Believe me, the cost of enacting this single law will be above N10b. We will the cost of each bill within the calender.
Total 2013 allocation to Senate divide by the number of bills passed.

and yet, ASUU is still on strike. They can't pay them.