As part of measures to transform, uplift status and reposition for greater performance, radio and television presenters in Nigeria under the aegis of National Association of Radio and Television Presenters of Nigeria (NARTPON), have renamed the body. It is now known as National Association of Electronic Media Presenters of Nigeria (NAEMPON).
Nigeria’s secret police, the Department of State Services, DSS, has arrested and detained a radio worker in Imo State, Casmir Uzomah, for the past two months without trial. Uzomah, a staff member of the Orient Radio-Television Station, which is managed by the Imo State Broadcasting Corporation (IBC), was reportedly arrested for playing a song considered “offensive” to the Governor of the state, Hope Uzodinma, via the station. IBC is a media outfit owned by the State Government and Uzomah works in the technical department of the station.