You are aware that the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has suspended indefinitely the operating licences of African Independent Television (AIT) and Raypower FM both of which belong to Daar Communications Plc. Daar Communications belongs to Dr. Raymond Dokpesi, a businessman and politician of the PDP stock. In taking this decision, the Director General of NBC, Dr. Moddibo Kawu said; “Following monitoring reports and complaints from concerned Nigerians about the broadcast contents of Daar Communications Plc’s AIT/Raypower broadcast stations, the NBC had over the last two years summoned on several occasions the management of the Company to address issues regarding the operations of AIT/Raypower particularly Political Platform and Kakaaki on AIT.” Kawu mentioned Kakaaki Social where he said there were such inciting comments as “Nigeria is cursed” and “we declare independent state of Niger Delta.”
From what I have read so far from the NBC about the sins of AIT none of the statements constitutes what can be categorized as “fake news” which are deadly sins. They all seem to be political opinions which have been, or can be, countered by those who disagree with them. Even on the internet and in the newspapers you do find people who proclaim loudly that Nigeria is cursed. They give their reasons. Others also counter them by giving reasons why Nigeria is not cursed. Even the militants in the Niger Delta who talked of declaring a Niger delta Republic have been told by other Niger Deltans that they don’t want or need a Niger Delta Republic but a better treatment of the region by the Federal Government. In the media there is something called the “right of reply.” It is obligatory of the media to publish a reply to its earlier publication which is a counterpoint, a rebuttal or refutal of its earlier article. Every medium has an ethical obli https://gistheaven..com/2019/06/nbcs-hammer-on-ait.html?m=1