Nigeria, April 3 -- The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Thursday dismissed an appeal by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) challenging a judgement of the Federal High Court restraining it from imposing fines on broadcast stations.

The appellate court upheld the earlier ruling which set aside fines imposed by the commission on 45 stations in 2019 for alleged breaches of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code.

According to a statement by Idowu Adewale, communications officer, Media Rights Agenda (MRA), the court's panel ruled unanimously "that the NBC's appeal lacked merit and dismissed it."

The presiding justice, Oyejoju Oyebiola Oyewumi, upheld the argument of MRA's lawyer, Ezenwa Anumnu, that having failed to challenge the suit at the Fede...