The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, has fined Nigerian media houses including AIT, Channels TV and Arise News, claiming they used unverifiable video footages from social media to cover the #EndSARS protests.
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This was disclosed in a report by AIT on Monday afternoon. According to media reports, the regulators imposed various fines on Arise TV, African Independent Television (AIT) and Channels Television between N2million and N3million.
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“The National Broadcasting Commission has sanctioned Africa Independent Television, AIT, Arise TV and Channels for what it calls, a gross violation of the broadcast code, top of which is the use of unverifiable online video footages on the social media,” AIT said.
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The Acting Director-General of the commission, Armstrong Idachaba, warned that further sanctions will be harsher and announced that the owners of AIT, DAAR Communications would be fined separately for alleged reports of a fire incident at the National Christian Centre.
The sanction according to Idachaba, will be a fine of not less than N2 million.
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The NBC had warned last week that broadcasters must “perform the role of a peace agent by adhering to the principle of responsibility, accuracy and neutrality” in reporting the protests.
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The Nigeria broadcasting commission are really sick from the top to all the other fools on that panel.what is unverified source to report the truth yea they should pass it through you so that as usual you doctor it or destroy the real news.God will punish you all for your wicked moves to oppress the Nigerian people.SERIOUSLY YOU ALL ARE FINE THEIVES.
Nigerian Government do not adhere to the rule of Law. So lets start there. Evil and Corrupt People.
Listen Evil is meant to be uncovered. Even when you cover it, in the long run it breaks out like wide fire. Truth will rain.
So Nigerian Television Authirity could show what was happening in other ensure peace…
You have become Law. Others should abide by it when you have right to abuse yourself.
The only advisable thing now is for you people to “shut your mouth”.
All of you in Government, I know by principle that you children down to your fourth generation will pay in full these penalties and the blood shed; that is if you escape it.
You dont fear God?