Media advocates fume as Nigerian govt sanctions TV stations over #EndSARS coverage
On Monday, NBC fined AIT, Channels and Arise News television stations N3 million each.
On Tuesday last week, as details of the shooting by the Nigerian army at protesters at Lekki toll gate in Lagos unfolded, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) announced “guidelines” for media organisations for the “coverage of the crisis.”
Citing provisions from the heavily-criticized amended broadcasting code, the agency cautioned broadcast stations not to use information that “adversely affects those emotionally involved” in the brewing.
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