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The Nigerian government has warned television broadcasters and anchors, over breaches of Nigerian broadcasting codes.
The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, issued the warning in a disclosed notice to broadcasters on Friday.
NBC said the warning comes amid an alleged surge in unprofessional broadcast conduct across Nigerian news broadcast platforms.
The regulator told broadcasters, including Arise Television, Channels TV and others, that it would enforce strict and uncompromised compliance with every provision of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code, particularly those relating to fairness, balance, accuracy, hate speech, incitement, and respect for constitutional bodies.
NBC warned broadcasters to ensure professionalism in handling politics, communal and war issues.
“The broadcaster shall exhibit professionalism in handling the transmission, especially sensitive issues such as politics, communal conflicts, and wars.
Specifically, it threatened sanctions on anchors or presenters found to have expressed personal opinion as fact, bullied or intimidated a guest, denied a fair hearing to opposing views, or otherwise compromised neutrality, or be disrespectful to human dignity.
A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Peter Obi, has reaffirmed his long-held position that he won the 2023 presidential election, insisting that the outcome declared by the electoral system did not reflect the actual result as he perceived it.
Speaking during on the Naija Unfiltered podcast on Saturday, Obi maintained that his campaign was victorious despite the official declaration.
“I can show you today, as far as I’m concerned, I have run election for the office of the President of Nigeria and won. But the system decided otherwise and they know it,” he said.
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He repeated the assertion for emphasis, stating: “And we won. I can show you today as far as I’m concerned. I have run election for the office of the President of Nigeria and won. But the system decided otherwise and they know it.”
Peter Obi contested for the 2023 presidential election under the platform of Labour Party. He secured six million votes.
Former Vice President and chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Atiku Abubakar, has asserted that he is the most popular northern politician.
Atiku went further to insist that no current or emerging leader in the region matches his political reach.
The ex-VP spoke during an interview on Arise News Wednesday evening, where he assessed the influence of key northern politicians, including former governors Rabiu Kwankwaso, Aminu Tambuwal and Nasir el-Rufai.
He maintained that despite their popularity, none of them hold a wide range of voter base across the North compared to him.
“Can you tell who is a current leader in the North who has more votes than I have? Talking of leaders like Tambuwal, Kwankwaso, El-Rufai and also the emerging political leaders, none of them have got that northern vote as much as I’ve got,” Atiku said.
He further claimed that Kwankwaso’s influence remains largely confined to Kano State, adding that even within the state, political support is now divided.
“Kwankwaso’s popularity is restricted to only Kano State. Kano is even now split between him and Governor Abba Yusuf,” he added.
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has expressed his willingness to step aside for Peter Obi if the ex-Anambra governor emerges the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in 2027.
During an interview on Arise News on Wednesday evening, Atiku was asked directly whether he would step aside if Obi wins the ADC presidential primary.
Atiku and Peter Obi are regarded as the front runners for ADC’s presidential ticket.
Others, such as Rabiu Kwankwaso and Rotimi Amaechi, are also believed to be in the running for the ADC ticket.
Asked if he would step down for Obi, if the former Labour Party presidential candidate gets the ADC ticket, Atiku said, “Yes, I will step aside for any winner.”
Asked if “any winner includes Peter Obi”, Atiku said, “Of course, if he is a contender, why not?”
Further asked if it would not be difficult for him to do so since Obi was his vice presidential running mate, Atiku said, “What is difficult there? It is democracy. It is either you go through consensus or you go through election. You emerge through consensus or emerge through the electoral process.”
Peter Obi told a national television audience Monday that no other candidate in the 2027 presidential race can offer northern Nigeria what he intends to deliver — a declaration that opened his most direct pitch yet to the region that has historically determined who wins the presidency.
Speaking on Arise TV, the Labour Party flag-bearer and former Anambra governor framed the North not as a political problem to be managed but as an economic opportunity waiting for a government with the will to unlock it. He argued that Nigeria’s greatest untapped asset sits in the region’s agricultural potential, and that a committed administration could generate more revenue from farming than the country currently extracts from oil.
