Thanks to the Senate, which appeared hooked on the general definition of corruption, the issues with PINE came to the fore. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo told the nation hate speech is terrorism. But that has told us nothingabout what hate speech means. Except for speeches that project ethnic and religious hatred, such as those promoted by some parties ahead of the 2015 election, politics doesn’t really thrive on hate speech. A post on an online channel last week already indicated that the NBC has threatened to ban any station that projects hate speech ahead of 2019.

Source: Nigerian Tribune December 31, 2017 03:24 UTC