UPDATED: NBC fines Arise TV for its false report on Tinubu

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UPDATED: NBC fines Arise TV for its false report on Tinubu

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Ndigbo Worldwide 14 Nov 2022

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has sanctioned Arise TV for airing a fake report about the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu.

It ordered the station to pay N2m for breaching the broadcasting code.

The sanction was contained in a letter dated 13 November 2022 and addressed to the management of the station.

The letter signed by the Director General of the Commission noted that the station failed to comply with the broadcasting code for airing a press statement purportedly signed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The station reported a statement purportedly signed by, Barr. Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner that the APC presidential candidate was been investigated.

INEC has since denied issuing the statement, tagging it as fake news.

The letter by the commission titled ” BREACH OF THE NIGERIA BROADCASTING CODE: Sanction. reads “The National Broadcasting Commission has imposed a penalty of N2, 000,000.00 (Two Million Naira,Only) on Arise TV, being sanction for the violations of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code.