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BREAKING: NBC Suspends Channels TV
- Channels Television has been suspended by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) with a fine of N5 million.
- NBC also accused the station of allowing the IPOB guest speaker to make derogatory, false and misleading statements about the Nigerian Army.
Channels Television has been suspended by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC).
EKO HOT BLOG gathered that the station was suspended with a fine of N5 million for breaching the broadcast code.
The suspension was made known via a letter signed by the Acting Director-General of the NBC, Prof. Armstrong Idachaba, to the Managing Director of Channels Television.
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The Commission referred to Channels 7pm live broadcast programme of Sunday, 25th April, 2021, in which it accused the TV station of allowing a leader of the Indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB) to make secessionist and inciting declarations on air without caution or reprimand by the station contrary to the broadcast code.
The NBC also accused the station of allowing the guest speaker to make derogatory, false and misleading statements about the Nigerian army, despite being proscribed by a court of law.
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