{"id":44673,"date":"2021-06-07T17:08:40","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T17:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=44673"},"modified":"2021-06-07T16:52:03","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T16:52:03","slug":"nbc-orders-broadcasting-stations-to-stop-using-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nbc-orders-broadcasting-stations-to-stop-using-twitter","title":{"rendered":"NBC orders broadcasting stations to stop using Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on Monday ordered all broadcasting stations in the country to suspend the use of Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>NBC announced this in a statement issued by its Director General, Armstrong Idachaba, on Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>NBC summons Brekete host Ahmad Isah for assaulting woman<\/p>\n<p>Idachaba advised television and radio stations to de-install twitter handles and stop using it as a user-generated content (UGC) for news and programmes presentation especially phone-in.<\/p>\n<p>It warned that it will be unpatriotic for any broadcaster in Nigeria to continue to patronise the suspended Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>The statement further noted section 5.6.3 of the broadcast code which requires broadcasters to be mindful of materials that may cause disaffection, incite to panic or rift in the society in the use of UGC.<\/p>\n<p>Channels TV: NBC should exercise more caution \u2013 NUJ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on Monday ordered all broadcasting stations in the country to suspend the use of Twitter. NBC announced this in a statement issued by its Director General, Armstrong Idachaba, on Monday morning. NBC summons Brekete host Ahmad Isah for assaulting woman Idachaba advised television and radio stations to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":44672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,14,26],"tags":[1570,2140,1578,1720,254,4442],"class_list":["post-44673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-breaking","tag-nbc","tag-nigeria","tag-twitter"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NBC orders broadcasting stations to stop using Twitter - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on Monday ordered all broadcasting stations in the country to suspend the use ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nbc-orders-broadcasting-stations-to-stop-using-twitter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NBC orders broadcasting stations to stop using Twitter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on Monday ordered all broadcasting stations in the country to suspend the use ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nbc-orders-broadcasting-stations-to-stop-using-twitter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-06-07T17:08:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/img-60be4e884fca4.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nbc-orders-broadcasting-stations-to-stop-using-twitter#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nbc-orders-broadcasting-stations-to-stop-using-twitter\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"NBC orders broadcasting stations to stop using Twitter\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-07T17:08:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nbc-orders-broadcasting-stations-to-stop-using-twitter\"},\"wordCount\":143,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nbc-orders-broadcasting-stations-to-stop-using-twitter#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/img-60be4e884fca4.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"breaking\",\"NBC\",\"Nigeria\",\"twitter\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nbc-orders-broadcasting-stations-to-stop-using-twitter#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nbc-orders-broadcasting-stations-to-stop-using-twitter\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nbc-orders-broadcasting-stations-to-stop-using-twitter\",\"name\":\"NBC orders broadcasting stations to stop using Twitter - 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