Arise TV has been fined N2 million by the
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC).
NBC said it fined Arise Television over a
fake report about the presidential
candidate of the All Progressives
Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu.
The TV station had aired a report that the
Independent National Broadcasting
Commission (INEC) was investigating
Tinubu’s alleged crime bordering on
narcotics and illicit drugs.
A statement purportedly issued by the
INEC had gone viral on social media but
the electoral body, on Saturday debunked
the report, saying it was a handiwork of
mischiefs.
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Arise TV had on Sunday apologized to
Tinubu and INEC for misleading the
general public.
According to The Nation, the television
station was fined N2m for breaching the
broadcasting code.