Just In: NBC Suspends Channels Tv For Interviewing IPOB Leader

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has suspended Channels Television for interviewing a leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

In a letter addressed to the managing director of the TV station on Monday, Armstrong Idachaba, acting NBC director-general, said the IPOB leader made inciting comments without being cautioned by the TV station.

The IPOB leader was featured on a Channels TV programme aired on Sunday.

Idachaba added that the station will also pay a fine of N5 million for breaching the recently-amended broadcasting code.