Joseph Nwaegbu, a Nigerian lawyer, has filed a criminal complaint against Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, at the International Criminal…
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Analysis: NBC Fine On Arise, AIT And Channels TV Is Illegal By Festus Ogun
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has fined Channels Television, AIT and Arise TV N3 million each over their “unprofessional coverage”…
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Nigeria Records Another Landmark Victory As UK Court Imposes £1.5m Fine On P&ID
Abuja — Nigeria on Thursday recorded another landmark victory in its bid to set aside a whopping $9.6 billion judgment…
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Nigeria floors P&ID as UK court grants relief from $10bn fine
Nigeria has secured a landmark victory in its pursuit to overturn a $10 billion judgement awarded against it in a…
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Hate fine – The Nation Nigeria
Nigeria Info 99.3FM Lagos, has become the first broadcast station to be fined N5m under the controversial 6th edition of…
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New hate speech fine shows NBC regulation process is politicised – Iredia – Punch Newspapers
A professor of Broadcast Management and Media Law, Tonnie Iredia, who is also a former Director-General, Nigerian Television Authority, speaks…
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Hate Speech: Battle Moves To Court As Lawyer Sues FG, NBC, Lai Mohammed Over N5m Fine, Says It’s Unconstitutional
Lagos-based lawyer and human rights activist, Inibehe Effiong, has filed a fundamental rights enforcement suit to challenge the imposition of…
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IPC, MRA slam NBC over N5m fine on Nigeria Info 99.3FM – The Sun Nigeria
The International Press Centre (IPC) and the Media Rights Agenda (MRA), at the weekend, condemned the National Broadcasting Commission’s imposition…
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The needless hike of hate speech fine – The Sun Nigeria
The Federal Government has, in its recent review of the Nigerian Broadcasting Code, increased the hate speech fine from N500,000…
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Nigeria: No to ‘Hate Speech’ Fine
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) recently reviewed its 6th National Broadcasting Code which, among other punitive measures, raised the fine…
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Media Rights Agenda Condemn N5m Fine Of Nigeria Info Over Mailafia’s Comments
The Media Rights Agenda has condemned the N5m fine imposed on Nigeria Info by the National Broadcasting Commission over comments…
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MRA Condemns NBC’s N5 Million Fine on ‘Nigeria Info 99.3FM’
LAGOS, Thursday, August 13, 2020:Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today condemned the action of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) in imposing…
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Nigeria’s Hate Speech Fine Raises Fear of Licensed Intimidation of Dissent
Last week, the federal government, as part of the ministry of information’s review of the National Broadcasting Code, raised the…
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Nigeria: Lockdown Violation – FCT Court Convicts Naira Marley, to Pay ₦200,000 Fine
Abuja — Ordered to publish apology in a national daily A Mobile Court of the Federal Capital Territory FCT sitting…
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Nigeria: Naira Marley Gets Fine for Violating Ban On Inter-State Movement
Singer, Azeez Adeshina Fashola, also known as Naira Marley, and his manager, Seyi Awouga have been awarded a fine of…
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Nigeria approves ban on local exclusive VOD content, $13,000 hate speech fine
The Nigerian Federal Government has approved the ban on exclusive/original local content on various broadcasting channels in the country. Also…
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NBA, activists lampoon FG for raising fine to N5m – Punch Newspapers
• Address senseless killings, economic hardship, SANs, lawyers’ body, others tell govt Our Correspondents The Nigerian Bar Association, senior lawyers…
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FG raises hate speech fine from N500,000 to N5m – Punch Newspapers
Kayode Oyero The Federal Government on Tuesday raised the fine for hate speech from N500,000 to 5 million naira, The…
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P&ID: Nigeria Seeks More Time To Overturn $9.6bn Gas Deal Fine In UK Court
The Nigerian government has asked a London court to give the country more time to appeal the $9.6 billion arbitration…
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