Tag: APCON

APCON to sanction members over publication of ‘injurious’ information

Aminu Imam

The Director-General of the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria, APCON, Dr. Olalekan Fadolapo, has said the Council will from December 5 commence enforcement of sanctions against any member that permits the publication of harmful and injurious information to the public. Addressing newsmen yesterday in Abuja, during the National Advertising Conference, Fadolapo said the Council is repositioning in order to combat challenges affecting the industry, and then contribute to the growth of the economy. According to him, the theme for this year, “Marketing communications industry: “New trends, challenges and prospects”, cannot…

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NASS directs APCON to regulate digital advertising

Aminu Imam

The National Assembly has impressed on the management of the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria, (APCON), on the need to regulate advertising within the digital space. This followed several petitions by concerned Nigerians over unwarranted contents being shared across different social media platforms. Speaking on this development in Lagos recently, the Registrar/Chief Executive of APCON, Dr. Lekan Fadalopo said, “How will a mother feel seeing her ten-year-old boy or girl watching adverts on breast and penis enlargement on the social media through his or her phone? Or a traditional medicine…

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APCON, NBC, EFCC team up to combat economic crimes in media, advertising industry

Aminu Imam

The Director-General of National Broadcasting Commission, (NBC), Balarabe Ilelah, and the Registrar/Chief Executive of Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON), Olalekan Fadolapo, recently paid a courtesy visit to the Chairman of Economic & Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), AbdulRasheed Bawa, at the EFCC Headquarters in Abuja to strategise on ways to combat financial and economic crimes in the media industry. The DG of NBC and the Registrar of APCON solicited the support of EFCC towards sanitising the media/advertising industry and eliminating the iniquitous activities of some operators in the sector which…

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