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    Nigeria: Senate seeks to censor Big Brother Africa

    Abuja: Senate has directed the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to censor or ban outright the Big Brother Africa Reality programme brought into Nigerian homes via the Digital Satellite Television (DSTV) owned by Multichoice if the contents contradict socio-cultural values of the Nigerian people.
    Nigeria: Senate seeks to censor Big Brother Africa

    Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Information, Senator Ayogu Eze, told Senate correspondents yesterday in Abuja that, “what we have said is that if they bring a programme that contradicts our social and cultural values, they attract a sanction and the NBC is under instructions to make sure that the rules are strictly applied.”

    He spoke against the backdrop of reactions to reports linking the National Assembly to a move to ban Multichoice from relaying the next edition of the programme to the Nigerian audience.

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