…Cites stations’ indecent, culturally-offensive, inconsistent with religious values, Hausa contents films
A Non-Governmental Organisation, the Islamic Research and Da’awa Foundation, Abuja, has filed a lawsuit at the Federal High Court in Kano against Arewa24 TV and the National Broadcasting Commission, (NBC), over alleged violations of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code.
The suit follows complaints that some programmes aired by Arewa24TV contained indecent and culturally-offensive content deemed contrary to public morals and the nation’s broadcasting standards.
In the petition to Kano Federal High Court dated October 30, 2025, the Foundation, through its solicitors, A. A. Hikima & Co., requested regulatory sanctions to be taken by the National Broadcasting Commission NBC against the broadcaster Arewa24 TV.
The petition specifically referenced two of the station’s programmes: ‘’Mata A Yau’’ and ‘’H-Hip Hop’’, alleging that they included “indecent, suggestive, and culturally-offensive” segments in violation of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code (6th Edition).
According to A. A. Hikima, Esq., the programnes had attracted widespread condemnation from clerics and the community.
It further alleged that some panellists on ‘Mata A Yau’ had, on several occasions made statements encouraging women “to take the laws into their hands against their husbands”, a stance the Foundation described as inconsistent with the region’s cultural and religious values despite what the group described as repeated public petitions and outcries.
It expressed concern that the NBC had “failed to take visible or effective regulatory action” as required under the National Broadcasting Commission Act, Cap N11, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
