Channels Television has been suspended by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) for allegedly breaching the broadcast code.
The private TV station was also slammed with a N5 million fine.
This was announced in a letter signed by the acting Director-General of the commission, Armstrong Idachaba, and addressed to the Managing Director of Channels Television on Monday.
The commission took the decision against the TV station over its 7 pm live broadcast programme of Sunday, April 25, 2021.
The TV station erred by allowing a leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to make secessionist and inciting declarations on air without caution or reprimand, according to NBC.
The NBC chief said such act contravenes the broadcast code.
The commission further accused the station of allowing the guest speaker to make derogatory, false and misleading statements about the Nigerian Army, despite being proscribed by a court of law.
