NBC’s directive on terrorism, banditry reportage raises concerns

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Revealing too much details while reporting insecurity in Nigeria may have adverse impact on the efforts of security agencies in tackling the menace, NBC directed

A letter from the commission, dated July 7, 2021, had called for caution in reporting terrorist attacks in the country. Titled, ‘Newspaper Reviews And Current Affairs Programmes: A Need for Caution,’ the letter, which was signed by the Director, Broadcast Monitoring, Francisca Aiyetan, on behalf of the new Director-General of the Commission, Balarabe Ilelah, had asked stations to stop “glamourising the activities of insurgents, terrorists, kidnappers, bandits.

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