Group Defeats NBC In Appeal Case

Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has again defeated the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) in its efforts to set aside a Federal High Court judgment that permanently restrains it from imposing fines on radio and television stations.
In a unanimous decision, the Court of Appeal in Abuja struck out the NBC’s Notice of Appeal, describing it as “fundamentally defective” and incompetent.
In a lead judgment delivered by Justice Jane Esienanwan Inyang, the Court said a preliminary issue on the identity of the parties in the matter, noting that the parties before the Federal High Court were described as Incorporated Trustees of Media Rights Agenda (as Applicant) and National Broadcasting Commiss...