NBC imposes N5 million fine on Trust Television over documentary on banditry

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has imposed a fine of N5 million on Trust Television Network (Trust TV), a subsidiary of Media Trust Limited, over the broadcast of the documentary titled “Nigeria’s Banditry: The Inside Story”, which was aired by the station on the 5th of March, 2022.

This is coming some days after the Federal Government had vowed to punish the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Trust TV Network over what it called the unprofessional airing of different documentaries that glorified and is capable of fuelling terrorism in Nigeria.

According to a statement from Trust TV management, this was made known in a letter signed by the Director General of NBC, Balarabe Shehu Illela, who said the fine was imposed on Trust TV because its broadcast of the said documentary contravened sections of the National Broadcasting Code.