NBC, security operatives goes after Radio Biafra operator

Firstclass newsline gathered that the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of

Information, Dr. Sade Yemi-Esan, on Tuesday said the Nigerian

Broadcasting Corporation has succeeded in stopping the signal of Radio

Biafra because it was not licensed.

Yemi-Esan disclosed this to State House correspondents, shortly after

briefing President Muhammadu Buhari of her ministry's activities

inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

She said the commission was currently working with security agencies

to apprehend those behind the illegal radio.

She said, "We also gave a report on Radio Biafra. Right now, the

signals from the radio have been jammed successfully by the NBC.

"The commission is also working with security agencies to get those

that are behind that radio, because it is an illegal radio. It is not

licensed by anybody to be on the airwave in Nigeria."

She added that the President had directed her ministry to put

machinery in place to end the scourge of piracy in the nation's movie

industry.

She said the President gave a clear directive that the ministry must

work hard to ensure that film producers get what is due to them.

"The President raised concerns about piracy in Nollywood and he has

instructed us to work harder to ensure that the producers of Nollywood

films get what is due to them and that we reduce piracy to the barest

minimum," she said.

She added that the President frowned on some media houses that are in

the habit of owing salaries.

She said Buhari saw the development as not too good for the country.

She said, "I think it was last week that one of the newspapers was

shut down because of non-payment of salaries."

Firstclassnewsline.net