Tag: Tonnie Iredia

“Escalating fake news propaganda, handiwork of politicians” – Ex-NTA D-G

Aminu Imam

Former Director-General of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Tony Iredia, has blamed Nigerian politicians for being behind fake news propaganda to discredit the Nigerian media. Iredia, made the declaration while delivering the Edo State University, Uzairue’s 4th Convocation lecture, titled: ”Fake News: Re-thinking The Role Of The Mainstream And Social Media In National Development”. The former NTA DG, who accused politicians of overheating the word, ‘fake news’, noted that the mainstream media rely on social media for information, but has the obligation to process the information it gathered before publishing…

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You can’t regulate broadcasting as a politician – ex-NTA DG, Iredia tells Lai Moh’d

Ishaku Yohanna

A former Director-General of the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), Tonnie Iredia says Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, cannot regulate broadcasting in the country while he remains a politician. In his words during a Channels TV programme on Wednesday, the ex DG condemned Lai’s engagement in the amendment of the code of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on Tuesday. This contentious code, which augmented the fine for hate speech from N500,000 to N5 million, is facing countrywide opposition and infuriation. Notable countrymen  — including Wole Soyinka, a Nobel Prize…

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