{"id":64137,"date":"2025-04-12T13:28:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T13:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=64137"},"modified":"2025-04-12T13:28:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T13:28:14","slug":"amnesty-slams-nbcs-ban-on-eedris-abdulkareems-protest-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/04\/12\/amnesty-slams-nbcs-ban-on-eedris-abdulkareems-protest-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Amnesty Slams NBC&#8217;s Ban on Eedris Abdulkareem\u2019s Protest Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Ifeoluwa Odunayo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Amnesty International Nigeria has condemned the National Broadcasting Commission for banning Eedris Abdulkareem\u2019s politically charged song Tell Your Papa, branding the action a blatant attack on freedom of expression.<\/p>\n<p>The NBC, in a move that has drawn sharp criticism, labelled the track as Not To Be Broadcast under the Nigerian Broadcasting Code.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting in a statement on Friday via its official Facebook page, Amnesty described the ban as unjustified and called on President Bola Tinubu to order an immediate reversal.<\/p>\n<p>According to Amnesty, Abdulkareem\u2019s song, which takes aim at government shortcomings, falls within the legal boundaries of free speech as protected by both Nigerian and international laws.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This censorship is a direct assault on artistic freedom and an attempt to silence critical voices,&#8221; Amnesty stated, warning that such actions risk stifling creativity and eroding media independence in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The ban has since ignited a wave of debate, with activists and artists alike rallying in defence of the veteran musician.<\/p>\n<p>Critics argue that silencing dissenting voices undermines democracy and signals a troubling trend of intolerance for opposing views.<\/p>\n<p>As public outrage mounts, all eyes are now on the presidency to see whether the growing calls for the ban\u2019s reversal will be heeded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ifeoluwa Odunayo Amnesty International Nigeria has condemned the National Broadcasting Commission for banning Eedris Abdulkareem\u2019s politically charged song Tell Your Papa, branding the action a blatant attack on freedom of expression. The NBC, in a move that has drawn sharp criticism, labelled the track as Not To Be Broadcast under the Nigerian Broadcasting Code. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":64138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-64137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64137","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\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64137"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64139,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64137\/revisions\/64139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}