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The Social Media Has Led To Deaths, Violence, And Lawlessness – Garba Shehu
Mr. Garba Shehu, the spokesman of Nigeria’s number citizen, President Muhammadu Buhari has called out for regulations in the social media which he believes has resulted in lawlessness, countless violence, and numerous deaths.
Mr. Garba Shehu spoke further that;
“For example, the entire Kasuwan Magani saga that led to the death of more than 50 people was because someone posted misleading information on WhatsApp that went viral.
“Several countries around the world are trying to make laws to check the excesses. So, many of these countries are trying to have a grip of the situation. The Europeans have passed a new law that makes the companies responsible.
“In the UK, the parliament has received a report on social media. There is a youth addiction to it, just like cigarettes. Without any form of control, it has affected women, ethnic minorities, individuals, institutions and countries.
Speaking further, Mr. Garba Shehu said;
“The federal government of Nigeria is saying that stakeholders collaborate and agree on regulations. We know that no matter how bad the condition is, it favours a class.
“Some believe that our constitution already has laws in libel, but the laws of the ‘60s never anticipated social media.
“No government has the right to muzzle freedom of speech. We don’t support the taking of lives as punishment. People abuse the right of others and share malicious information on social media.
I believe that hate speech will be properly tackled so that Nigeria will be a safe place to live in.”
The NBA All-Star game has now to be called The Kobe Bryant MVP Award. NBA commissioner, Adam Silver made this announcement on Saturday 15th February.
The Kobe Bryant MVP Award will be given this Sunday at the closing of this year’s All-Star Game in Chicago. Both teams will be captained by Giannis Antetokounmpo and Lebron James respectively. Team Lebron will put on No 2 and team Giannis will put on No 24. These two numbers were worn by Gianna, Kobe’s daughter and Kobe Bryant.
Recall that Kobe won the All-Star Game MVP in 2002, 2007, 2009, and 2011. Also, he played as the youngest player to feature in the All-Star Game at 19 in 1998.
Modibbo Kawu, the DG of the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, has been put on suspension by President Buhari. This came following his corruption charges by the Independent Corrupt Practices, ICPC.
This development was confirmed by Armstrong Idachaba, NBC’s Director of Broadcast Monitoring. Further, the most senior director in the commission has been directed to take over from Modibbo Kawu.
Modibbo Kawu is currently facing a 12-count charge bordering on money laundering, abuse of office, and misleading a public officer with the intent of defrauding the government.
So, this contravenes Section 26 (1) (c) of the Corrupt Practices and other Related Offenses Act 2000 and punishable under Section 19 of the same Act.
Beisdes, Modibbo was first arraigned in May 2019 over the alleged misappropriation of N 2.5 billion for the digital switch-over (DSO) program of the government.
The Health Ministry in Egypt has confirmed the first case of the deadly Coronavirus. The authorities made this disclosure on Friday 14th February in a press release. They said the World Health Organization has been informed and the patient is in isolation for monitoring and treatment.
The patient’s nationality was not given. However, Egypt is the 28th country in the world to record Coronavirus and the first in Africa.
So, over 64,000 cases of the Coronavirus have been diagnosed around the world and 1,363 persons have been confirmed dead since its outbreak in Wuhan, China
