The National Broadcasting Commission(NBC), has sanctioned and jammed the signals of Radio Biafra. The Commission has written in a statement about the sanctioning of the Radio Biafra over spewing of fake, inflammatory and inciting content.
The statement reads:
PIRATE RADIO IN LAGOS JAMMED!
The National Broadcasting Commission has jammed the signals of a Pirate Radio claiming to be "Radio Biafra" in most parts of Lagos. The illegal Radio which broadcasts incendiary messages is notorious for spewing fake, inflammatory and inciting content.
The National Broadcasting Commission Act, CAP N11, Laws of the Fédération of Nigeria, 2004 spells out in chapter 2, subsection 2, that;
No person shall operate or use any apparatus or premises for the transmission of sound or vision by cable, television, radio, satellite or any other medium of broadcast, from anywhere in Nigeria, except under and in accordance with the provisions of this act.
Also, section 15.4.1 of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code provides that;
The police shall prosecute any of the person engaged in any form of broadcasting or in possession of any broadcast equipment or apparatus in the country without a licence or permit for the purpose.
Consequently, the Commission uses this opportunity to warn the general public that anybody who attempts to operate broadcasting in Nigeria without legal authorisation of the National Broadcasting Commission, will be prosecuted and the equipment, confiscated according to Law.
The Department of State Security and and Nigerian Police have been requested to bring the culprits behind this illegality to book.
NBC... Your right to quality broadcasting.
Signed
Management.
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