Two groups, the Media Rights Agenda and the International Press Centre have condemned the sanctioning of three television stations by the National Broadcasting Commission over the coverage of the #ENDSARS protests.
In a letter dated October 23, signed by its Acting Director-General, Prof. Armstrong Idachaba, the NBC fined each of the three stations – Channels Television, Africa Independent Television and ARISE Television – N3 million each as penalty for their alleged use of unsubstantiated footages from social media in their coverage of the #ENDSARS protests.
The NBC said it had earlier written to the companies on October 21, where they were “cautioned on the sustained use of Fake News, disturbing visuals, close-up shots and attacks in the coverage of the #ENDSARS protests”. MRA’s Executive Director, Mr Edetaen Ojo, said: “a situation where the NBC, which is so glaringly lacking in independence and subject to the direct control of political authorities, wrote the Nigeria Broadcasting Code creating the offences for which the stations were sanctioned and was the complainant in the allegations against the stations, prosecuted them and sat in judgment on the matter without even giving the stations any opportunity to defend themselves against the charges while also...
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NigerianYouths, no matter the gains we may have achieved thus far, victory can only be assured at the polls. Our demands must include reform for INEC procedures to guarantee a free and fair election for all Nigerians WeMove to EndBadGovernmentinNIGERIA EndSARS RETWEET
IN FACT, THAT SANCTION AGAINST THE THREE TV STATIONS IS A CLEAR INDICATION OF OFFICIAL BIAS AND ATTEMPT TO HIDE THE TRUTH ABOUT ENDSARS AND LEKKITOLLGATE MASSACRE.
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They want to pocket the media, was there no shooting? Next protest loading: endmediaharasment. The voice of the voiceless.
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It is know fact that our President never had a good human rights record in UN and around the world.
Thank God it happened to Channels Tv. Were they not the one marketing and promoting this Government. More are still Loading...
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They intend to silence the only sources of the Voiceless but they will fail.
If no be common sense that is not common that they don't have. Are they even suppose to fine any TV station See I say again, una shame is loading in thousands and thrillon of dangote trailer. All this happenings is just an introduction. Mitchew
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So it has gotten to this?
If those footages were not broadcast Nigerians would have been told they were all fake news
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They really have to withdraw the fines
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