Banditry documentaries and the tragicomedy of government censorship, By Calixthus Okoruwa

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Banditry documentaries and the tragicomedy of government censorship, By Calixthus Okoruwa

Men and women of goodwill need to upbraid the Nigerian government for its shortsighted and self-serving act of attempting to intimidate and censor these media houses. Media Trust should consider going to court for an interpretation of the clauses in the Nigerian Broadcasting Code under which the government purports to have imposed the sanctions. So […]

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