Outrage forces Reps to withdraw bill seeking to jail Nigerians for insulting political leaders, others

The Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has withdrawn the counter subversion bill, which among others, “imposes a fine of N4 million or a two-year prison sentence for anyone convicted of insulting, defaming, embarrassing, or bringing into disrepute the leadership of a community, religion, lawful group, local government, state, or federal government.” The […]

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