Tag: Badeggi FM

SERAP, Editors sue Niger Gov., NBC over Badeggi FM threats

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SERAP NGE

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) have filed a lawsuit against the Governor of Niger State, Umaru Bago, and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), seeking to halt the alleged intimidation of BadeggiFM Radio, Minna. The suit, filed at the Federal High Court in Lagos on behalf of SERAP and NGE by their lawyers Kolawole Oluwadare, Oluwakemi Agunbiade and Andrew Nwankwo, follows recent remarks by Governor Bago in which he threatened to revoke the station’s licence, seal its premises, demolish its building, and…

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Court bars Niger Govt. from acting against Badeggi Radio

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Court bars Niger Govt

The High Court of Justice of Niger State has issued an interim injunction restraining the Niger State Government and its agencies from taking any further action against Badeggi Radio Broadcasting Services Ltd and its Director, Mohammed Shu’aibu Badeggi, amid a mounting legal standoff. The interim order, granted yesterday by Justice Mohammed Mohammed, prevents the Governor of Niger State, the Attorney-General, and the Niger State Urban Development Board from revoking, withdrawing, seizing, cancelling, or terminating Badeggi Radio’s operating license. The court also barred them from any forceful entry, invasion, demolition, or…

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IBAN slams Niger State governor over “military-style” shutdown of Baddegi FM

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Niger State gov. Bago

…Threatens nationwide boycott Aminu Imam The Independent Broadcasters Association of Nigeria, (IBAN), has issued a scathing condemnation of Niger State governor, Mohammed Umar Bago, following the reported shutdown of Baddegi FM, a privately owned radio station, in what it describes as an “unlawful and undemocratic” action executed by force. In a press statement released on Sunday, IBAN decried the governor’s alleged use of military personnel to seal off the licensed station without recourse to legal or regulatory procedures. The association called the move “high-handed,” warning that it amounts to a…

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SERAP gives Niger Gov. 48 hours to reopen Badeggi FM

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SERAP gives Niger

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP), has given Governor Umar Bago, of Niger state, 48 hours to reverse what it described as the “arbitrary and unlawful” shutdown of Badeggi FM 90.1, an independent radio station in Minna, the state capital. In an open letter dated August 2 and signed by its Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, the organisation asked the governor to reinstate the station’s licence, withdraw threats to demolish its premises, and stop profiling its owner, Shu’aibu Badeggi. “Your vague, unfounded and unsubstantiated allegations of ‘inciting violence’ against Badeggi…

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Minister urges calm, as Badeggi FM closure stirs controversy 

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Minister urges calm

Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has urged all parties involved in the recent shutdown of Badeggi FM radio station in Niger State to remain calm.  In a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media, Rabiu Ibrahim, the Minister emphasised the importance of maintaining peace while the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) investigates the matter. The closure of the station was ordered by Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago during an expanded Niger State APC Caucus Meeting held in Minna on August 2. The directive, which the Minister was present…

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