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The senior advocate posited that the fine was illegal, adding that the revised NBC code was yet to come into effect as the NBC board had not approved it.

Rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has described as illegal the fine of N5m imposed on Nigeria Info by the National Broadcasting Commission.

The NBC fined the radio station over comments by a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Obadiah Malafia, saying the station grossly violated the revised Nigeria broadcasting code.He also queried the speed at which the NBC slammed the fine on the radio station, saying the investigation was yet to be completed.

 

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