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CSO threatens to sue NBC over alleged offensive contents on Netflix, tiktok, others

April 24, 2024April 24, 2024 admin

Civil Society Organisation (CSO) has threatened to drag National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to court if it fails to ban Netflix, Tiktok, and others over alleged broadcast of offensive same-sex contents on Nigeria’s airwaves. CSO, under the auspices of Open Justice Initiative (OJI), also urged the NBC to ban other social media platforms, including X, formerly known as Twitter, Facebook, etc with regards to the subject matter. A Lawyer and Programme Officer of OJI, Donald Ayibiowu, gave the warning in a letter addressed to Director-General of NBC, Mr Charles Ebuebu. The…

Twitter ban: Court dismisses suit against FG, awards N100, 000 fine against SERAP

December 13, 2021December 13, 2021 admin

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed a suit filed against the Federal Government for directing television and radio stations to delete their Twitter accounts. Justice Obiora Egwuatu, in a judgment, dismissed the suit for lacking in merit and awarded the sum of N100, 000 against the plaintiff. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Incorporated Trustees of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) had, in June, filed a fundamental rights enforcement suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/496/21, against three defendants. In the suit, SERAP had sued the National…