{"id":36509,"date":"2024-06-27T08:58:44","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T08:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=36509"},"modified":"2024-06-27T08:58:44","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T08:58:44","slug":"fg-warns-releasing-skits-music-videos-without-nfvcb-classification-is-an-offence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/06\/27\/fg-warns-releasing-skits-music-videos-without-nfvcb-classification-is-an-offence\/","title":{"rendered":"FG Warns: Releasing Skits, Music Videos Without NFVCB Classification is an Offence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex flex-col items-start whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5 juice:w-full juice:items-end overflow-x-auto gap-2\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"82e5d583-9ccd-4b61-91fe-766aceef9860\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 juice:empty:hidden juice:first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p><em><strong>By Oratokhai Jesusemen O.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The National Films and Videos Censors Board (NFVCB) has issued a warning that releasing music videos, skits, and films without its classification is an offence. The NFVCB\u2019s classification system assigns age ratings and content advisories to audiovisual content, helping families make informed viewing choices and protecting children from unsuitable material.<\/p>\n<p>NFVCB Director General, Shaibu Husseini, announced the extension of the board\u2019s classification requirements to include music videos and skits during an interview. In a statement released on Wednesday, Husseini warned content creators against distributing unclassified material.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is also an offence to distribute or exhibit any film or video content, musical videos, and skits on any platform without recourse to the National Film and Video Censors Board for classification. We are collaborating with relevant security agencies to track any individuals and production companies involved to ensure they face the full wrath of the law,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The board also condemned the promotion and distribution of same-sex content on the internet, noting that it is illegal to publicly exhibit same-sex relationships in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Oratokhai Jesusemen O. The National Films and Videos Censors Board (NFVCB) has issued a warning that releasing music videos, skits, and films without its classification is an offence. The NFVCB\u2019s classification system assigns age ratings and content advisories to audiovisual content, helping families make informed viewing choices and protecting children from unsuitable material. NFVCB [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":36510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36509"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36512,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36509\/revisions\/36512"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}