In the past week, there has been an ambitious bill passed in the Nigerian Senate to send to prison for two years anyone who makes an allegation against a public officer or institution on any form of media – print, TV, radio and social media.

As expected, the social media fanatics have not taken this information lightly and are calling out all the Senators supporting the bill as well as those who claim not to be supporting the bill but are clearly not standing against it.


The big question here is “Is there any sense to this bill”? Do these Senators have a point? Or is this simply a maneuver to cover up their illegal and corrupt practices by preventing people from speaking up in what is supposed to be a democratic nation?

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I agree with d senator. imagine someone playing with our national security by publishing fake news and video to promote d activities of Boko Haram

ubah84:
I agree with d senator. imagine someone playing with our national security by publishing fake news and video to promote d activities of Boko Haram

The weed you smoke is definitely from afar probably Jamaica otherwise how can you say you support the Dundee head senator.

If the stupid law has been in place how do you think the lamorde abacha loot scandal would have been expose? or don't you know the Senate probe emanated from a petition but if the petitioner is asked to go and swear an oath in the court or threaten with jail time or 4 million naira fine do you think he'll still have the same determination to continue with the petition?

Of what essence is libel and defamation suit if the stupid bill is made into law? After all you sue whoever has made defamatory allegation or comments against you as provisioned by the Nigeria 1999 constitution as amended.

These APC senators are just trying to cover their corrupt a.z.z.z

ubah84:
I agree with d senator. imagine someone playing with our national security by publishing fake news and video to promote d activities of Boko Haram

which grade of wiwi are u smoking

Nonsense!!! When you guys were using it against GEJ you never knew it will backfire.

mazzi:
Nonsense!!! When you guys were using it against GEJ you never knew it will backfire.

dats why we call it change. If d clueless president didn't know what to do then,now we have a president who knows what he is doing

ubah84:
I agree with d senator. imagine someone playing with our national security by publishing fake news and video to promote d activities of Boko Haram

Look at how many posts have replied you just to show that you're a loser.

If anybody feels that he has been libelled on social media, he has the option of instituting a civil case in court. This so-called social media bill is more or less an avenue to gag Nigerians their right to exercise freedom of expression. It is Dead on Arrival