• Latest
  • Trending
BREAKING: NBC Fines Trust TV N5m Over Documentary

BREAKING: NBC Fines Trust TV N5m Over Documentary

JUST IN: Davido Named Chairman of Osun Sports Trust Fund

JUST IN: Davido Named Chairman of Osun Sports Trust Fund

THE RIGHT TO LIFE: ABORTION AND EUTHANASIA IN NIGERIA

THE RIGHT TO LIFE: ABORTION AND EUTHANASIA IN NIGERIA

Woman Accidentally Burns Apartment While Killing Cockroach with Spray

Woman Accidentally Burns Apartment While Killing Cockroach with Spray

Outrage as Police Officer Shoots Car Tire for Alleged Stop Order Violation (Video)

Outrage as Police Officer Shoots Car Tire for Alleged Stop Order Violation (Video)

UNILORIN 4Oth Convocation: Fashola Delivers ‘Gen-Z Playbook’

UNILORIN 4Oth Convocation: Fashola Delivers ‘Gen-Z Playbook’

JUST IN: ASUU Suspends Warning Strike

JUST IN: ASUU Suspends Warning Strike

NUC orders closure of Nigerian universities

Strike: University Unions Issue Fresh Ultimatum to FG

Wednesday, October 22, 2025
  • Login
No Result
View All Result
iDeemlawful
  • Home
  • News
  • Featured
  • Politics
  • LifeStyle
  • Advertise with Us
  • Opinion
  • Campus
iDeemlawful
No Result
View All Result
iDeemlawful
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Featured
  • Politics
  • LifeStyle
  • Advertise with Us
  • Opinion
  • Campus
Home Breaking News
BREAKING: NBC Fines Trust TV N5m Over Documentary

BREAKING: NBC Fines Trust TV N5m Over Documentary

by iDeemlawful
August 3, 2022
in Breaking News
A A
0

The National Broadcasting Commission has imposed a fine of N5 million on Trust Television Network (Trust TV) over the broadcast of the documentary titled “Nigeria’s Banditry: The Inside Story”, which was aired by the station on the 5th of March, 2022.

The Trust TV management, in a statement to The PUNCH on Wednesday, noted that the fine was communicated to the media firm in a letter signed by the NBC Director General, Balarabe Shehu Illela.

Illela had said the fine was imposed on Trust TV because its broadcast of the said documentary contravened sections of the National Broadcasting Code.

SeeThese

JUST IN: Governor Adeleke cast his votes as Osun LG poll begins

Meranda presides over Lagos Assembly plenary amidst Tension

JUST IN: Lagos Assembly Speaker, Mojisola Meranda faces mounting pressure to step down

Trust TV further said, “While we are currently studying the Commission’s action and weighing our options, we wish to state unequivocally that as a television station, we believe we were acting in the public interest by shedding light on the thorny issue of banditry and how it is affecting millions of citizens of our country.

ADVERTISEMENT

“The documentary traces the root of the communal tensions and systemic inadequacies which led to the armed conflict that is setting the stage for another grand humanitarian crisis in Nigeria. It presents insights into the intersection of injustice, ethnicity and bad governance as drivers of the conflict. It also aggregates voices of experts and key actors towards finding solutions, including those of the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, and Senator Saidu Mohammed Dansadau, who hails from one the worst-hit communities in Zamfara State.

“Other experts featured in the documentary include scholars like Professor Abubakar Saddique of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and Dr. Murtala Ahmed Rufai of the Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto, who have both studied the subject of banditry for a long period.

“The documentary also brought to the fore the horrifying stories of victims of banditry.”

Last Thursday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, noted that the Federal Government would sanction Trust TV and BBC for “terrorism glorification” in their documentaries.

Mohammed said the Federal Government is aware of the “unprofessional” documentary by the BBC, Africa Eye, where interviews were granted to bandit warlords and terror gangs, thereby promoting “terror” in the country.

He condemned the BBC for not “upholding the same standards and tenets” as they would have done in the UK.

The minister said that the BBC is a foreign medium and not under NBC regulations. Notwithstanding, sanctions will be meted out to the medium.

Following Mohammed’s assertion, several groups and Civil Society Organisations faulted the FG’s move to sanction the media outlets

Tags: iPadNBCTrust Tv
Previous Post

Emerging Report Reveals Numbers Of Abandoned ‘Bank Accounts’ By Nigerians As Life Gets Tougher

Next Post

11-year-old Girl Awarded World Bank Scholarship In Kano

Next Read

Outrage as Police Officer Shoots Car Tire for Alleged Stop Order Violation (Video)
Breaking News

Outrage as Police Officer Shoots Car Tire for Alleged Stop Order Violation (Video)

...

Read moreDetails
UNILORIN 4Oth Convocation: Fashola Delivers ‘Gen-Z Playbook’
Breaking News

UNILORIN 4Oth Convocation: Fashola Delivers ‘Gen-Z Playbook’

...

Read moreDetails
Chief of Army Staff Oluyede relocates to Markurdi over Herdsmen Attacks
Breaking News

Former Southern Governor Implicated in Alleged Coup Against Tinubu

...

Read moreDetails
Teen Denies Sexual Assault Allegation Against PDP Chieftain in Kwara
Breaking News

Teen Denies Sexual Assault Allegation Against PDP Chieftain in Kwara

...

Read moreDetails
Wife-battering:  Court Dissolves Pastor’s Marriage
Breaking News

Man Beats Lady Who Rejected His Marriage Proposal

...

Read moreDetails
Man arrested for Raping a 12-year-old girl in Lagos
Breaking News

Police Launch Probe into Officers Filmed Wearing Cult Insignia

...

Read moreDetails
Aba Women Riots, Ali Must Go, EndSar,— Five Major Protests That Shaped Nigeria
Breaking News

Aba Women Riots, Ali Must Go, EndSar,— Five Major Protests That Shaped Nigeria

...

Read moreDetails
Nigerian Military Arrests 16 Officers Over Alleged Coup Plot to Oust Tinubu
Breaking News

Nigerian Military Arrests 16 Officers Over Alleged Coup Plot to Oust Tinubu

...

Read moreDetails
Next Post
JUST IN: World Bank Suspends High Rated Nigerian for bribery

11-year-old Girl Awarded World Bank Scholarship In Kano

Reactions As APC Chair, Adamu Shouts ‘Praise the Lord!’ In ECWA Church [Video]

Reactions As APC Chair, Adamu Shouts ‘Praise the Lord!’ In ECWA Church [Video]

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

iDeemlawful

Copyright © 2019 iDeemlawful.

Useful Links

  • About
  • Advertise
  • Editorial
  • Support

Follow Us

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Copyright © 2019 iDeemlawful.