Hate Speeches: CITAD Charges Police On Fani-Kayode
By Najib Sani Bauchi A non-governmental organisation (NGO), Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), has urged the Police to bring the former Minister of Aviation, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, to order over his alleged persistent hate speeches in the media and social networks which, it believed, were capable of causing chaos and disunity in the
REPORT OF THE NORTHWEST REGIONAL SENSITIZATION ON DANGEROUS SPEECH
In its continues effort to address the proliferation of hate and dangerous speech in the country , the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) on 1th of November, 2016 held yet another regional Public Sensitization on Dangerous speech  for the Northwest Region, held at the Green House, Mani Road , Katsina Katsina state. CITAD
Report of North Central Public Sensitization on Hate and Dangerous Speech.
On 15th October, 2016 the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) organized a one day Public Sensitization Workshop on Monitoring and Countering of Hate and Dangerous Speech in Country Home Hotel, Jos, Plateau State. Â The event started at 9:00am with registration of the participants, self introduction and then pretest session aimed at assessing the
Report of the Northeast Region public Sensitization on Hate and Dangerous Speech
On Tuesday 11th October, 2016, the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) organized a one day Public Sensitization Lecture on Hate and Dangerous Speech  in NANNM Secretariat Damaturu, Yobe State,Nigeria.  The event started with registration of participants at 9:00am and participants self-introduction which was the next item on the agenda. . Thereafter, Isah
CITAD Captured 653 Hate Speeches In Sept – Official
By Bashir Mohammed Kano Senior Programme Officer, Centre for Information Technology and Technology and Development (CITAD), Malam Isah Garba, has said that the centre had captured 653 hate speeches in the month of September, majority of which were made by youths via the social media. Speaking at its monthly press briefing in Kano yesterday, Garba
CITAD’S Hate Speech Monitoring Project in Nigeria
In December 2003, the U.N. International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda jailed several media executives on grounds of incitement and conspiracy to commit genocide and crimes against humanity. Specifically, the tribunal pointed out how the media executives caused the deaths of thousands of innocent civilians without firearms, machete or any physical weapons in actions through articles
Again, CITAD Warns: Hate Speech Increasing In Nigeria
The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has issued another warning to Nigerians about the dangers of hate speech. At a briefing on its latest research in Kano,CITAD noted that “One is that in July we recorded more hate speech than in June. This means that hate speech is increasing in the country. Secondly
Hate Speech: ‘Nigerians Becoming Ethnically, Religiously Insensitive’, CITAD Warns
Kano-based  Centre For Information Technology And Development (CITAD) has warned that despite the efforts to curb hate or dangerous speech during the 2015 elections, Nigerians appear to have now  become ‘ethnically and religiously insensitive or even intolerant.’ The Centre’s finding were disclosed at a press briefing on Friday in Kano by Isa Garba, its Senior
ANOTHER MEDIA SENSITIZATION ON HATE SPEECH HELD IN PORT HARCOURT
On October, 22, 2015, the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) Kano, with support from the Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Program (NSRP), hosted the fourth of a series of media sensitization program on hate and dangerous speech workshop for journalists. This one was for journalists from the South South geopolitical zone, held in Port
CITAD CONDUCTS MEDIA SENSITIZATION PROGRAM ON HATE & DANGEROUS SPEECH IN LAGOS FOR SOUTH WEST REGION
On October, 20, 2015, the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) Kano, with support from the Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Program (NSRP), hosted a one-day media sensitization program on hate and dangerous speech with journalists and other media stakeholders form the South West geopolitical zone in Lagos. The event which was held at the