{"id":79988,"date":"2021-04-26T14:47:20","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T13:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=79988"},"modified":"2021-04-26T15:54:48","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T14:54:48","slug":"nbc-threatens-channels-tv-with-sanctions-over-interview-with-ipob-spokesman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/nbc-threatens-channels-tv-with-sanctions-over-interview-with-ipob-spokesman\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC Threatens Channels TV With Sanctions Over Interview With IPOB Spokesman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Channels Television, a News and current affairs television, may have incurred the displeasure of the\u00a0 National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) for hosting a spokesman of the secessionist Independent People Of Biafra(IPOB) to an interview.<\/p>\n<p>Already the NBC is threatening to suspend the broadcast licensee of Channels TV and also slam it with a fine of Five Million Naira.<\/p>\n<p>The interview hosted by Seun Okinbaloye on a program Politics today on Sunday night according to a strong worded letter from the NBC to the management of channels was in contravention of several of the broadcast codes and extant laws of the land.<br \/>\n&#8221; In the programme a so called new leader or IBOP made several secessionist and inciting declarations or air without caution or reprimand by your station. He also made derogatory, false and misleading statements about the Nigerian Army.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is reprehensible especially that IPOB remains a proscribed organisation as pronounced by the law courts of the land. This much channels ought to know and respect.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The letter usually signed by the Acting Director General, Prof Armstrong Idachaba cited sections 3.11.1(b) and 5.4.3 of the Nigerian Broadcasting Code as having been violated.<\/p>\n<p>It said Channels was now liable to the suspension of its license and a fine of N5millon provided in Section 15 of the code for its infractions.<\/p>\n<p>He directed an immediate cessation of the programme and cautioned that the Channels owes the country the &#8220;responsibility for a true professional and ethically guided Broadcasting especially at times of crisis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-79989 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ce5b8c8f-36e4-4e50-99eb-b6b328313f56-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ce5b8c8f-36e4-4e50-99eb-b6b328313f56-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ce5b8c8f-36e4-4e50-99eb-b6b328313f56-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ce5b8c8f-36e4-4e50-99eb-b6b328313f56-585x780.jpg 585w, https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ce5b8c8f-36e4-4e50-99eb-b6b328313f56.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-79990 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/7829b8a7-e121-42ba-aa0e-0a5f86688f78-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/7829b8a7-e121-42ba-aa0e-0a5f86688f78-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/7829b8a7-e121-42ba-aa0e-0a5f86688f78-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/7829b8a7-e121-42ba-aa0e-0a5f86688f78-585x780.jpg 585w, https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/7829b8a7-e121-42ba-aa0e-0a5f86688f78.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Channels Television, a News and current affairs television, may have incurred the displeasure of the\u00a0 National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) for hosting a spokesman of the secessionist Independent People Of Biafra(IPOB)&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":79998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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