The N5 million sanctions imposed on Channels Television by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has prompted the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development, (CJID) to drag the Federal Government before the Federal High Court in Lagos. The two civil society organisations are asking the court to declare the fine as illegal and unconstitutional The defendants in the suit, which is yet to be assigned to a judge, are President Muhammadu Buhari, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), and the minister of Information and…
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