There are songs you may have noticed stopped airing on television and radio stations. This is because the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation banned these songs. Some of them were hit songs and had already circulated before it was banned.
Some of these songs were banned by NBC because of several reasons ranging from vulgar words, violent scenes, nudity, drugs use, and promotion of fraud. The songs banned are not restricted to only Nigerian songs, few foreign songs were also included.
NBC requested that media houses should stop playing these songs or face the penalty if their order is disobeyed. In 2009, the following Nigerian songs were banned by NBC for displaying vulgarity and indecency.
Maga Don Pay – Kelly Handsome
New Baby – Flavours
Enter the place – 2face Idibia
Rigirigi – Flavours
Dance for me – Duncan Mighty
Suddenly – D’banj
I wanna be close to you – D’banj
Also, Africa Independent Television (AIT) banned the song Shayo by Bigiano from being played on its airwaves. In 2015 the following songs were also banned by Nigeria Broadcasting Corporation from airing in the Nigerian airways.
Davido- Fans mi
Nicki Minaj- Anaconda
Wizkid- In my bed
May D- Ibadi
Yayo- Phyno
Tesojue – Reminisce
Iyanya ft Don Jazzy- GIfts
Olamide – Indomie
Olamide- Bobo
Olamide- Failla Ketan
Jhibo – Lomo
Naeto c ft Dbanj -Tony Montana
Dr. Sid FT Tiwa Savage – Oyari
Omarion ft Chris Brown – Post to be
Lil Kesh – Gbesere
Olamide’s hit single “Wo” was also banned by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) days after the video was released. Shakti bobo, don’t stop, and may weather were also prohibited by The Federal Ministry of Health. They tweeted that the video violated the Tobacco Control Act 2015. If and Fall from Davido was also banned.
